PPP

The fund manager is investing through its second social infrastructure vehicle, which reached a final close on $84m last November.

The world’s second-largest economy invested $411bn in transportation projects last year.

The group has offered a combined $200m financing package to help a state-owned developer deliver at least nine PPPs in China’s smaller cities.

The state is gauging interest from developers and financiers about using the framework to help finance 11 projects along its I-10 Capital Corridor.

The 20-year concession requires a €305m investment, including a €254m construction loan.

Chinese PPP projects, which typically provide high single-digit returns, are failing to entice private players, fresh research finds.

Plenary, DIF and BBGI are among the firms pre-selected to upgrade the suburbian network of Australia’s second-largest city.

The government is reviewing a bid to develop the New Manila International Airport and another for a key highway across Metro Manila.

Developers have six months to submit their plans for an eight-storey patient tower and other new facilities at the Michael Garron Hospital.

In keeping with its pedigree as a privatisation pioneer, Australia has in recent years captured the world’s attention thanks to a multi-billion dollar asset divestment programme. Should investors be concerned about changing political winds, though?