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Top executives including Howard Marks and James Zelter expressed concern at last week's PDI Forum about political change and the risk of private equity being ‘squashed’.
The country's competition watchdog has come out strongly against a decision to remove it as the Port of Newcastle’s regulator, sounding caution about monopoly assets having ‘unfettered market power’.
Europe’s regulatory regimes are becoming more punitive and may have reached ‘an inflection point’.
The group, which counts BlackRock, John Laing and Macquarie among its members, says that the current MLF regime can ‘materially impact’ investor returns in unforeseen ways.
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.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned of risks to supply in coming months but the federal government is still not stepping up.
Thierry Déau of Meridiam explains how a hands-on approach to infrastructure investment is critical to mitigating risk – and maximising returns.
Infrastructure has come to play an indispensable role in investors’ portfolios, argues Campbell Lutyens’ James Wardlaw, and the asset class continues to evolve.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner James Marshall and regulatory economist and consultant Chris Bolt examine changes in UK regulation and whether the future will be radically different.
The valuation in the UK water asset has also been affected by the upcoming regulatory review, which HICL says ‘represents significant challenges’.