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Competing for Capital: GIIA and Freshfields Report Charts the Growing Global Race for Infrastructure Investment

Amidst growing pressures on public purses, the world is facing a $106tn infrastructure funding gap – a gap that only private capital will truly help governments bridge. A new Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) report, produced by member law firm Freshfields, closely examines the international regulatory and transaction landscapes in the world’s largest infrastructure investment…

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70% of People See Infrastructure Investment Driving Jobs and Economic Growth, and Are Pragmatic About How It Is Funded

The Global Infrastructure Index 2026, produced by GIIA and Ipsos shows an average of seven in ten (72%) surveyed around the world believe that investment in infrastructure would create jobs and boost the economy. Six in ten (59%) also think investment can make an important contribution to combatting climate change as its effect is increasingly…

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Retrospective Tax Changes Put Australia’s Reputation for Investment Stability at Risk

By: Alex Hagemann, Senior Policy & Public Affairs Manager Australia’s longstanding reputation for economic stability and transparent regulation has been a driver of its economic success, particularly when encouraging infrastructure investment. Proposed changes to the foreign resident capital gains tax (CGT) regime could place this reputation at risk – not because of the policy implications – but because it would be retrospectively applied, changing the conditions under which investments had already been…

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Australia remains attractive for infrastructure capital, but delivery risk is now the key constraint

Australia remains one of the most attractive destinations globally for long‑term infrastructure investment, supported by economic stability, transparent regulation and deep domestic pools of capital. However, investors say delivery risk, not access to capital, is increasingly constraining new investment. Recent government deliberations on retrospective capital gains tax reform add a further layer of complexity for…

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Q&A: How long-term consensus drives investment

Our Chief Executive Jon Phillips joins the Global Infrastructure Hub for a Q&A on the importance of partnerships between the public and private sectors within the G20 countries representing two thirds of the world’s population

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Understanding investment environments – the world’s most attractive destinations

Where might international investors find the best conditions to do business, with the greatest opportunities for a fair return? Our co-partnered CMS Infrastructure Index provides a tool for identifying the attractiveness of 50 countries round the world.

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