Policy

The infrastructure nonprofit group has created a platform that allows governments and investors to communicate about financing infrastructure projects.

Adebayo ‘Bayo’ Ogunlesi’s role as GIP chairman and managing partner will provide the 16-member advisory council with knowledge of private-sector infrastructure investment.

The US Senate passed on Tuesday the Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act, which will allow local governments along the US border to procure and finance infrastructure projects.

A US district court judge stated the Federal Transit Administration failed to consider Washington’s recent Metro struggles when analysing the Purple Line project.

The federal government is also keen to develop urban rail and reform road charges as it builds on its A$50bn transport investment programme.

The Chancellor’s first Autumn Statement post-Brexit also strived to entice private capital into economic infrastructure through the extension of the Guarantees Scheme.

The federal government is holding A$3bn in its contingency for the East West Link project in case the Victorian government decides to build it.

With much still to be decided about what the UK’s divorce from the EU will look like, investing long-term is no easy task. But three experts tell us why they remain upbeat about Britain.

Doubts over whether plans to tax carry as income will be actionable have been raised, along with suggestions a renewed legislative proposal to do so may fail.

Andrew Newington, partner and COO at Actis, reflects on the impact of Trump’s victory on the emerging markets in which the firm operates.