The largest 25 emerging markets (by population size) will need to make about four trillion dollars worth of investments by 2020. What does this mean for investors looking to cash in on the boom in government (and hopefully private) spending on infrastructure? Which markets will generate the most...

This paper has two main purposes. The first is to present, to analyze and to suggest road infrastructure investment and financing policies in Brazil. The second objective is to analyze toll road concessions, with emphasis on toll tariffs. For the last eight years federal road investment (at...

The largest 25 emerging markets (by population size) will need to make about four trillion dollars worth of investments by 2020. What does this mean for investors looking to cash in on the boom in government (and hopefully private) spending on infrastructure? Which markets will generate the most...

Australian and Canadian pension funds have been pioneers in infrastructure investing since the early 1990s. They also have the highest asset allocation to infrastructure around the globe today. This paper compares and contrasts the experience of institutional investors in the two countries...

The economic downturn is likely to have a lasting impact on the fund management industry and on long term asset allocation strategies of institutional investors. On one hand, in promoting more cautious investment strategies and a greater focus on portfolio risk management in the coming years. On...

Social infrastructure has endured a long period of neglect in most developed and emerging countries, with chronic underinvestment exposed by the coronavirus crisis 2020. The financial crisis 2007/08 led to a slow revival of economic infrastructure policies, and a growing involvement of...

This study provides an overview of UK infrastructure investment and finance in an international context, yielding interesting facts insights for both investors and policy makers worldwide. The UK is one of the leading countries in terms of private sector involvement in infrastructure, with...

The last weeks of 2018 have set new records in net new institutional investment flows into infrastructure funds, with more generalist private equity and investment management players joining this strategic asset class par excellence, as the trend is likely to continue well into 2019 – 2020.The...

Explication of reality may draw tools outside the phenomenon. That is the essence of case study, and the epistemological motivation of this paper. The paper illuminates the space of PPP policy in the UK. Yet, that illumination raises questions that stand to guide other countries, and the paper...

This study discusses the role of institutional investors in financing infrastructure in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It analyzes the present level of involvement as well as the future investment potential of new financing sources such as public and private pension funds,...