Infrastructure

David Cameron has outlined plans to revamp the country's roads, calling on pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to help finance the overhaul.

The Pension Infrastructure Platform is set to bypass construction risk and offer both debt and equity investment portions for UK investors, plan organisers say.

Alex Salmond has urged UK pension funds to invest in Scottish infrastructure projects and back greater debt issuance powers for Scottish utility firms.

Charges on a government-backed pooled UK infrastructure vehicle owned and run by UK pension funds will be capped at 0.5%, the Treasury infrastructure policy chief confirms.

Rating agency Moody's has put government-backed UK rail infrastructure on negative watch - raising questions for pension schemes under pressure to invest in the country's transport network.

Leicestershire County Council Pension Fund has allocated £70m to two global infrastructure funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Industry Funds Management.

The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has denied rumours its deal with the Treasury to encourage £20bn of pension fund investment in infrastructure projects has been called off.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council Pension Fund has become the first UK pension scheme to invest in the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund.

Andrew Short asks if plans to get additional investment in infrastructure, announced in George Osborne's autumn statement, will be attractive to UK pension schemes or a bridge too far?

Here's what figures from around the industry have been saying today on the Chancellor's plans to boost infrastructure investment.