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Monopoly
The country's competition watchdog has come out strongly against a decision to remove it as the Port of Newcastleโ€™s regulator, sounding caution about monopoly assets having โ€˜unfettered market powerโ€™.
Infrastructure Investor: The Decade
The former Allianz Capital Partners CEOโ€™s prediction of growing public opposition to private ownership of infrastructure was spot on, though he might have been surprised at the extent to which heโ€™d be proved right.ย 
Stephen Schwarzman took a position early on in the firmโ€™s development that modest goals and bold ones required similar effort to achieve. So why not aim high?
Hourglass
Fund continuations are here to stay. But how do these trilateral deals work and are they really a โ€˜win-win-winโ€™ for all involved?
Infrastructure Investor: The Decade
The consortium is on track to recoup its $1.15bn investment by 2021 โ€“ just 12 years after being awarded a 75-year lease to operate the cityโ€™s on-street meters. But it still canโ€™t shake the stigma of a bad PPP.ย 
REM - Light rail - Montreal
One of the worldโ€™s most prominent direct investors is trying to prove it can do much more than back projects with capital by developing a C$6.3bn greenfield project in Montreal.
The group, which counts BlackRock, John Laing and Macquarie among its members, says that the current MLF regime can โ€˜materially impactโ€™ investor returns in unforeseen ways.
Offshore wind
Britain's offshore wind industry has come of age at a startling rate and presents new market dynamics for the sector.
Infrastructure debt has become an intensely competitive area of the alternative credit market with banks and insurance companies crowding into the space.
Connaught Place, New Delhi, India during the early morning. Typical Georgian buildings are seen in the front. These are the commercial areas. The famous "Statesman Building" is seen in the background. Shot taken from the inner Circle or Rajiv Chowk.
Should Andhra Pradesh - a state at the forefront of the renewables sector in the country - succeed in slashing tariffs, projects with a capacity of more than 2.5GW are at risk of defaulting.
Jonathan van Rooyen joins Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund, which added The Infrastructure Fund to its portfolio this year.
Social housing
While some investors are showing an interest, not everyone is convinced that social housing qualifies as infrastructure.
The Australian fund manager will shortly begin a global search to replace Brett Himbury, who said it has been a โ€˜privilegeโ€™ to lead IFM for more than nine years.
The chief executives of Qantas and Virgin Australia have hit out at infrastructure investors in a joint appearance in Canberra, calling for greater government intervention in the sector.
Sydney skyline
The rebranding coincides with the sale of the Australian fund manager to Mitsubishi UFJ, which closed last month.
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