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PODCAST: Why the American Jobs Plan is an opportunity not to be missed

I Squared Capital founder Sadek Wahba discusses why the Biden administration’s infra plan is a crucial first step, and how a US version of the World Bank could play a key role in mobilising private capital.

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I Squared Capital is one of the largest and most well-known independent infrastructure managers in the world, with over $10 billion raised over the last five years, according to our Infrastructure Investor 50 ranking of the biggest infrastructure GPs in the world.

Founder, chairman and managing partner Sadek Wahba has been a vocal proponent of president Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. He’s also been adamant that the plan is not big enough to cover the US’s infrastructure needs, and will require more than just a tax hike to allow the country to capitalise on its infrastructure potential. In conversation with senior editor Bruno Alves, Wahba talks about creating the right mechanisms for US pension funds to invest directly in the country’s infrastructure, how a US version of the World Bank could play a key role in mobilising private capital and why failing to pass the American Jobs Plan would be “a real tragedy”.