INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TOMORROW
The vast infrastructure financing needs far exceed the fiscal capacity of governments and balance sheets of multilateral development banks. Notwithstanding the extensive private financing that can potentially be attracted, current participation of private capital in Asian infrastructure is quite low. Private financing is still predominantly provided by the banking sectors with the large Asian institutional investor pool untapped.
There is a significant need for AIIB to play a catalytic role to increase private and other investors’ appetite for investing in emerging market infrastructure as well as other productive sectors that are associated with and complementary to core infrastructure. This becomes even more important at times of increased financial distress and economic downturns when private capital withdraws from developing countries. AIIB's financing can be direct or indirect, with flexibility in how financings are structured. Investment may take a variety of forms, including loans, guarantees, or equity investments.
PROJECTS
NEWS
INSIGHTS
WHITEPAPER
Infrastructure Asset-Backed Securities: Outperformance in a Tumultuous Year
Diversifying underlying portfolios is essential in times of crisis to make them more resilient. In Infrastructure Asset-Backed Securities (IABS), investors now have the opportunity to pick up investment-grade floating-rate securitised tranches – particularly attractive in this rising interest rate environment, as global central banks are finally reversing the ultra-low rates policies that began after the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/09) - backed by senior secured infrastructure and project finance loans with a long operational track record.
STRATEGY
Strategy on Mobilizing Private Capital for Infrastructure
The Bank’s long-term aim is to position itself as a “go-to” institution for providing infrastructure financing solutions in and to client countries.
FOUR THEMATIC PRIORITIES
Infrastructure for Tomorrow sets a clear mission for AIIB by requiring that all investments across infrastructure and other productive sectors should align and add value through one or more of the following four thematic priorities.
