Private capital for infrastructure finance
If we consider the point of view of a private investor, either a debt or pure equity investor, infrastructure represents an interesting alternative asset class. Infrastructure projects show interesting characteristics vis-à-vis more traditional asset classes. Infrastructure can be financed using different capital channels . The evolution of capital markets shows that financial innovation develops new financial tools able to attract a larger amount of funds in response to supply Private capital for infrastructure finance An overview of the different alternatives available to private investors. It first divides the instruments into equity and debt. Equity and debt can be listed and traded on an exchange (public) or unlisted and traded over the counter (OTC; private). In the case of listed equity and market-traded debt we make reference to a traditional investment in listed infrastructure. This is the area where mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have developed products to b