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One of Australia’s largest trucking companies has warned drivers to avoid Sydney’s toll roads – a difficult proposition given Transurban's monopoly position.
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The introduction of PPP legislation may enhance the country’s infrastructure investment appeal, but certain aspects of the new law have raised questions among investors, Tharshini Ashokan discovers.
But Democrats are betting they can as they try to pass both a $3.5trn budget proposal and a $1.2trn infrastructure package.
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Beyond the $1trn in funding, the bill clarifies the federal government's role, paving the way for 'private investors … to participate', Brent Burnett, the firm’s co-head of real assets, says.
While the Bipartisan Agreement remains light on detail, it points to a hopeful future for investors.
The infra package currently under consideration may fall short of President Biden's initial ambitions regarding climate change, but it should be embraced for what it includes, UT Austin's Benjamin Leibowicz argues.
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.
The Colonial Pipeline hack underscores the need for the public and private sector to work together to avoid another preventable disaster.
In trying to deliver investor certainty and climate relief with its Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, the EU has come up with a solution which may well do the opposite.
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The alternatives asset manager had one of its strongest quarters, with total AUM rising 21% year-on-year to $649bn.
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