Capital Committee Report: How Capital Is Viewing Energy Today
Our Capital Committee convened in early January against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, shifting capital sentiment, and growing focus on energy security. The discussion reflected that markets remain cautious and selective, with capital returning unevenly across strategies, geographies and asset types.
A clear theme throughout the conversation was discipline. Geopolitical risk is is influencing caluations, portfolio contructuon and investment structures. While short-term volatility continues to influence sentiment, long-term investors are focused on second-order effects and dislocations across the energy value chain. The increased slectivity of investors can be noted in investors favoring clarity of cash flow, downside protection, and alignment.
Natural gas featured prominently, reflecting its central role in meeting rising power demand from LNG, industrial activity, and data centres, highlighting the growing complexity of global gas markets.
Participants explored why institutional capital stepped away from energy over the past decade, and which investor groups are engaging most constructively today. The conversation also examined how manager selection, asset risk tolerance, financing structures, and exit assumptions are evolving in response to a more constrained and selective capital environment.
