The Australian PPP market has been the target of international developers and development funds, but now local and international institutional investors are being increasingly attracted to this core infrastructure investment segment. Duncan Taylor discusses opportunities and nuances
5 min read · 15 January 2013
With global funding markets volatile and the Australian infrastructure challenge epic in scale, new investment opportunities will continue to open up for international investors in both equity and debt.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
With a newly minted fund and a fat Rolodex, Water Asset Management co-heads Disque Deane and Matt Diserio are more than willing to evangelise about investing in the water sector. And, pretty soon, they expect to be preaching to the converted.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The prospect for infrastructure investment in Australia is a story in three parts – resources, general urban development and, potentially, agribusiness, suggests Brian McDonald.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The shortcomings in US infrastructure have received much attention. Jay Brown and Robin Priest argue that a modest channeling of income tax revenue could be a big step towards addressing the problem
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The Russian government wants to tender close to €10bn of roads between 2012 and 2015 and kick-start procurement for a €15bn high-speed rail link between Moscow and St. Petersburg. But at a time of record capital outflows, will foreign investors heed the Russian state’s call? Bruno Alves investigates
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The fund will invest in second-tier Russian banks in an effort to improve economic stability and strengthen the region’s banking industry.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The fund will invest in second-tier Russian banks in an effort to improve economic stability and strengthen the region’s banking industry.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Ohio State University netted $483m for a 50-year lease of its campus parking. The deal is being hailed as a breakthrough for non-core infrastructure privatisation that could be a signpost for the asset class.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The lead investors in the Boston- and Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity real estate firm’s first commingled fund helped to steer additional capital to the vehicle, which became oversubscribed less than a year after its official launch.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
