Japan’s GPIF to Invest $2.7 Billion in Infrastructure

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s largest pool of retirement savings, will invest as much as $2.7 billion in infrastructure over the next five years.

AFRICA INVESTMENT: African nations race to build sovereign funds

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Resource-rich African countries are busy setting up sovereign wealth funds, but critics say the funds may not serve the long-term interests of poor countries that still need to invest in basics such as schools and roads.

African infrastructure fund "could reach $50 bln"

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday the fund it hopes to create to finance infrastructure investment on the continent could be as big as $50 billion.