Growth Markets

The 67km toll road will be the first asset the Canadian pension will add to its Indian roads platform, which it launched and staffed last year.

The Bank’s campaign to rally private money for infra and lopsided risk allocation has failed to mobilise funds for developing countries, and offers little help for building back better, Motoko Aizawa and Howard Mann argue.

The UK-based firm will fund the investment through one of its Asia real estate funds.

The firm’s latest energy fund is targeting $4bn and is a continuation of a strategy focused on building platform companies managing energy-related infrastructure assets.

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund's FoF vehicle now stands at $700m and has already invested in three funds targeting green energy, affordable housing and mid-market growth in India.

The bank will target public health infra in developing countries where a lack of clean water makes even hand washing impossible as a preventive measure.

The fund will lend money to firms offering access to clean energy solutions for both households and business in emerging markets.

Investors seem concerned about an increasingly uncertain world, but capital keeps on pushing into new markets.

The firm's acquisition of Highline is its first in Brazil, a market Digital Colony believes will experience exponential growth in digital infra.

The Canadian pension’s $600m commitment shows ‘alignment of the Master Fund’s strategy with what large institutional investors seek in India', NIIF says.