Delegates at an emerging markets conference in Washington DC yesterday argued that emerging managers, now more than ever, have a responsibility to the communities in which they invest.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The bill that will determine funding for much of the US’ surface transportation needs for the next six years has been delayed by the economic stimulus legislation but may go to the House as early as next month.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Meridiam, a European infrastructure fund, has been quietly buying up projects in North America. Cezary Podkul explores why it could suddenly explode into view as a big player
7 min read · 08 February 2013
How hard will problems at 3i Group hit its 33% subsidiary 3i Infrastructure, asks Paul Jarvis
6 min read · 08 February 2013
At the moment, private investment is largely limited to heavy infrastructure such as roads and ports. But lack of cash might force governments to accelerate the pace of social infrastructure development, which looks increasingly impossible without outside cash. Paul Jarvis reports
8 min read · 08 February 2013
Chicago has been forced to shelve plans to lease Midway Airport, but this reflects problems in the financial markets rather than with public private partnerships
3 min read · 08 February 2013
In 1626, Dutch settlers supposedly exchanged Native Americans a pile of beads for a deed to Manhattan. 383 years later, Cezary Podkul sat down with Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, to find out how the $3.8 billion lease of his state’s toll road compared with that original big deal
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Principals from Carlyle, Macquarie, RREEF and Industry Funds Management gathered today cautioned that market will not develop across America’s ‘fifty little countries’ without strong leadership from the government in creating incentives for private investment in infrastructure.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
John Herbert, a former managing director of Merrill Lynch’s European property and hotel group, has joined the Italian firm as senior advisor of its €300m fund of funds.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
An uptick in real estate investment activity by SWFs in 2008 may indicate a long-term investment trend, including helping to fill the debt financing void, according to a Deloitte report.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
