INSIGHTS
Helping investors, policymakers and industry leaders understand the trends shaping infrastructure investment.
Executive Summary For the first time in history, the world’s top investors rank Canada as the top destination for infrastructure investment. This has been driven by Canada building the best policy architecture in decades aimed at accelerating investment and fully recognizing the potential of its natural resource economy. Should these ambitions be realized, they could…
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…
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…
This insight summarizes key takeaways from GIIA’s member event in Toronto focusing on emerging opportunities in Ontario’s energy sector. Canada leads the world in investor sentiment, according to GIIA’s latest Pulse Survey. With seemingly endless opportunity for investment, particularly in clean energy, large-scale digital infrastructure, and grid buildout, it isn’t difficult to see why – and…
GIIA’s latest six-monthly Pulse survey of investor sentiment towards markets around the world
After a federal election, what can Mark Carney do to harness Canada’s plentiful resources and booming population to unlock private infrastructure investment?
A year of elections leaves investors awaiting clear signals from new governments on policy direction, with investor sentiment towards US, Canada, France and Germany pegged back. UK remains at low point due to ongoing concerns about regulation.
GIIA’s Policy and Public Affairs team round up on our global advocacy work throughout November
GIIA’s Policy and Public Affairs team round up on our global advocacy work throughout September
Our latest pulse survey provides insights into investor sentiments about different markets, offers a window into investment strategies and capital deployment patterns, and explores primary ESG considerations during the investment process
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
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.
