Most-read news stories from InfrastructureInvestor.com over the past month:
Creative solutions from both the public and private sectors are being discussed to establish an active UK capital market.
Brazil’s role as host of two major sporting events could cost it an estimated $500bn over the next five years. With such a tight and expensive deadline looming, the country would do well to take a look at Mexico if it wants to get the private sector on board to help it meet the bill.
UK infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has won its first US PPP contract outside the military sector – the $123m Florida Atlantic University student accommodation project. It has also sold stakes in two Scottish PPP projects for a combined £24.3m.
The National Australian Bank and Industry Funds Management are in talks with several pension funds to lend money to help fund major infrastructure projects. IFM is reportedly setting up a debt fund to that effect.
The Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC), launched in October 2009 to make the application process for large UK infrastructure projects “faster, fairer and easier”, has this week begun considering applications from the energy and transport sectors.
Opinions and data can often tell a different story in the infrastructure asset class.
A new report indicates that infrastructure assets have remained fairly resilient through the crisis and there are few signs of credit deterioration. But the outlook is not yet 'definitively positive' and a number of risks remain.
Toll road developers Atlantia, ACS, Abertis, Belfi, Cintra, Global Via, Hochtief and ISA have all suffered damages to their Chilean road concessions in the aftermath of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile over the weekend.
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors, the real estate investment arm of New York-based Franklin Templeton Investments, has launched its second Asia fund of funds after closing on its inaugural effort in November 2008.
Senior Mexican government officials were in Madrid yesterday wooing Spanish firms and investors for the $50bn in infrastructure the authorities plan to tender this year. The standouts are a new airport in the Mayan Riviera and a multi-hundred million dollar highway package in the state of Jalisco.
Jim Evans has joined the board of directors for both the Australian Infrastructure Fund and its managing entity, Hastings Funds Management.
Thousands of PERE readers voted for the individuals, firms and organisations they thought stood out from the crowd in 2009. Here we present the global winners. PERE March 2010 issue
PEI talks with Ben Hewetson, the head of Teachers’ London office, about the group’s plans for Europe and the complexities surrounding its recent Acorn deal.
The veteran infrastructure investors both won in four categories, with GIP taking the much coveted Global Infrastructure Fund of the Year award. The awards are a first for InfrastructureInvestor and attracted votes from over 35,000 industry participants, with both established players and rising stars taking the honours.