Tolls and private money, not an infrastructure bank, will raise revenue for infrastructure spending plans under a Tory administration, NCE can reveal. Speaking exclusively to NCE, Conservative construction minister Mark Prisk ruled-out an infrastructure bank, which has long been the subject of lobbying by the ICE. Prisk said it was better to use tolls to attract private investment to finance infrastructure. Join discussion...

"President Obama co-sponsored our infrastructure bank legislation as a senator and endorsed the idea during his campaign. So, I'm hopeful to see action on the bill this year," Dodd said. Join discussion...

At the release of its annual results earlier this month, Australia's biggest investment bank reiterated that it held $3 billion in excess balance sheet liquidity as a buffer for "volatility, growth and strategic flexibility". Join discussion...

Australia investment bank manager Babcock & Brown hopes to invest in $2 billion of Indian property and infrastructure assets within three years and has poached nine investment bankers from ABN AMRO for the task. Join discussion...