By: Alessandro Pecorari, Policy & Public Affairs Manager Aimed at transforming Europe into the world’s first ‘electro-powered continent’, the European Commission has now published its long-awaited review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), alongside a new Electrification Plan. The package will now open formal negotiations between Council and Parliament into one of the most…
Governments across the world are locked in the same race: attracting the private capital needed to modernise infrastructure and meet goals on economic growth, energy security, climate resilience and technological advancement. In this episode of Talking Global Infrastructure, GIIA Director of Corporate Affairs Simon Montague sits down with Freshfields Partners Jessamy Gallagher, Co-head of Energy…
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…
GIIA has added its voice to a coalition of the UK business and rail industry calling on the UK government to ensure the Railways Bill establishes safeguards to help maintain investment certainty, attract future private funding and support the Government’s growth agenda. A joint letter – led by the Railway Industry Association (RIA) in the…
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…
By: Alex Hagemann, Senior Policy & Public Affairs Manager Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back for Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership. After months of fighting successive rearguard actions, the Prime Minister’s five-year mandate came to an abrupt end. He will most likely be succeeded by…
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…
United for Infrastructure has launched Building a Stronger America, a campaign highlighting how infrastructure investment is strengthening communities and calling on Congress to support long‑term, reliable federal funding to maintain the progress made toward maintaining and modernizing the nation’s infrastructure. Elevating the ground-level impact of federal infrastructure funding is particularly critical as the House Committee…
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…
By: Vlad Benn, Senior Policy & Research Manager Policy and Regulation India’s infrastructure policy framework operates on the basis of cooperative federalism, an evolving relationship between the Union and State governments that is pivotal to how infrastructure is planned, financed and executed. The Union government sets the standards, develops the national pipelines and oversees Public Sector Undertakings including the NHAI, Power Grid…
Maryland has cemented its recognition of the importance of bringing private investment to the table as part of modernizing local infrastructure, with the establishment of its Center for Public-Private Partnerships through MEDCO – the Maryland Economic Development Corporation. Underlining the importance of embedding P3 collaboration, Jon Phillips, Chief Executive of GIIA, said: “P3s can play…
