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GI Hub’s Richard Timbs explains how the new, free Project Pipeline can help the private sector access data about government infrastructure projects across the globe.

Officials from the Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance officials and the Korea Development Institute (KDI) met with the GI Hub in Sydney on 14 December 2016 for discussions during their study visit to Australia on Public-Private Partnerships in infrastructure.

The GI Hub’s Bill Brummitt met today with China Public Private Partnerships Centre Deputy Director General Mr Han Bin and his team in Beijing. Under discussion was the deployment strategy for the Mandarin version of the GI Hub’s risk allocation matrices, as well as the GI Hub’s Project Pipeline, and other areas for co-operation.

The Global Infrastructure Hub will unite with APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) to exchange key knowledge and help countries to unlock private investment to finance much needed public infrastructure.

The Global Infrastructure Hub participated in the inaugural Infrastructure Investors Forum Australia held in Sydney on 17 August, 2016. The GI Hub’s Senior Director, Mark Moseley, moderated a panel for the session on “The global view: Investment outlook for 2016 and beyond”, which included leading international investors and advisers.

GI Hub Chief Executive Chris Heathcote today addresses the International Organisation of Securities Commissions Roundtable in Madrid, Spain on the subject of Challenges in Infrastructure Financing and the Role of Capital.

The Global Infrastructure Hub has launched its Project Pipeline, an online platform to provide the private sector with free information about government infrastructure projects across the world.

The GI Hub wants to hear your views on the policies and practices that enable greater investment in infrastructure.

The Hong Kong SAR Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, along with other senior officials of the Hong Kong Treasury, met with the GI Hub in Sydney on Thursday, 10 November. The parties discussed the work of the Hong Kong Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO), established by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

A Spanish-language guide to help developing countries assess infrastructure investment risk for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transport sector projects is now available through the Global Infrastructure Hub’s website.

On 3 and 4 August, the Global Infrastructure Hub shared panel discussion with government and private sector executives at the Centre for Aviation’s Asia Pacific Summit 2016.

Mark Moseley, the GI Hub’s Senior Director for Legal Frameworks and Procurement Policies, pictured above, gave two presentations at the Asia PPP Practitioners Network (APN) Conference held in Seoul, South Korea, on 30 November – 2 December, 2016.

The Global Infrastructure Hub’s Hyeyoung Kim and Morag Baird joined World Bank PPP and Infrastructure Consultant Rob Richards for a webinar discussing how infrastructure projects in Korea are assessed and determined to be Public Private Partnerships.

Indonesian Ministry of Finance officials visiting Australia met with the GI Hub in Sydney today for discussions on infrastructure.

Investors are most concerned about political and regulatory stability and the liquidity of the infrastructure market when considering funding public infrastructure, a new survey has revealed.

On 3 August 2016, the Lowy Institute hosted Global Infrastructure Hub CEO Chris Heathcote in conversation with G20 Studies Centre Project Director Tristram Sainsbury.