Infrastructure funds develop and hold infrastructure assets - which are increasingly becoming available for private sector ownership as Governments privatise public sector assets as part of budget deficit reduction programs.

Some leading examples of infrastructure assets include transportation (toll roads, airports shipping and rail infrastructure), telecommunications (copper and optic fibre cables, broadcasting towers, and telephone exchanges and switching facilities), materials handling assets (port, ship and train loading facilities), utility facilities (oil/gas pipelines and electric transmission grids and power lines), and solar and wind electricit...