Money Talks: Why infrastructure is all the rage on Wall Street Money Talks from The Economist
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Investing in infrastructure used to mean partnering with governments to build unglamorous assets like roads or sewage treatment plants. But increasingly, companies are turning to infrastructure investors to help build and pay for everything from chip factories to fibre-optic networks. Why are investors pouring money into these assets?
Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: John Buttarazzi, a professor at Georgetown University; and Leigh Harrison, head of real assets at Macquarie, the world’s largest infrastructure investment manager.
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Investing in infrastructure used to mean partnering with governments to build unglamorous assets like roads or sewage treatment plants. But increasingly, companies are turning to infrastructure investors to help build and pay for everything from chip factories to fibre-optic networks. Why are investors pouring money into these assets?
Hosts: Tom Lee-Devlin, Alice Fulwood and Mike Bird. Guests: John Buttarazzi, a professor at Georgetown University; and Leigh Harrison, head of real assets at Macquarie, the world’s largest infrastructure investment manager.
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