Source: Pensions & Investments

By Arleen Jacobius

If institutional money managers are right, they could be managing infrastructure securities as a separate portfolio within the next five years in a market that could rival the $700 billion REIT arena.

Infrastructure firms bundle the investments or securitize their income and sell it to investors. This gives managers a new source of income and a pay day for their infrastructure investments.Infrastructure fund managers have been raising money at a fast clip this year: $18 billion in the first six months, up from $10.8 billion raised in the first half of 2006, according to the publications Infrastructure Journal and Private Equity Intelligence.

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Posted by pichu at July 23, 2007 12:52 PM