# Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh discusses investment risks and the Sovereign Wealth Fund

1 Faculty News May 1, 2016 ![IPE Real Estate logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ipe192x144.jpg?itok=7wXUStlu)>

Excerpt from [IPE Real Estate](http://realestate.ipe.com/infrastructure/asset-allocation-saying-no-to-infrastructure/10013089.article) -- "[Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh), part of the three-member expert group, thinks the government is rightly cautious about including unlisted infrastructure investment in the SWF \[sovereign wealth fund\]. 'Most of the investment needs for infrastructure are in the developing world, and that’s also where most of the risks are,' he says."

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