The stability and long-term growth potential of infrastructure investments has been an attractive asset for institutional investors for some time. Now private investors want in on the act.
In 2026, the volatility of stock and bond market fluctuations, oil prices, and the gold markets, for example, are being driven by geopolitical pressures and overseas wars. In order to counter those influences, institutional investors have traditionally sought safe havens in long-term and mostly inflation-resilient investments such as private equity and infrastructure. In fact, global asset manager IFM Investors has said (in its PM700 Report) that allocations to infrastructure investments by larger investors are set to grow by 20 percent over the next five years. Diversification and inflation hedging are often at the top of the list of reasons as to infrastructure’s attractiveness.
Other influences such as outdated assets, urbanization and technological advances also play a part in
