Singapore's state investor Temasek TEM.UL is in talks with a unit of Bank of China (601988.SS) (3988.HK) to launch a $1 billion to $2 billion investment fund to focus on fast-growing infrastructure projects across China, sources said on Thursday. Talks between Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and BOC International, the investment banking arm of Bank of China, were in the early stages but both had agreed on the general idea of the fund plan, said the sources, who had direct knowledge of the plan. Join discussion...

July 2 2009 should be recorded as an important date in tollroad history. It was the day Chinese regulators gave the green light to Sichuan Expressway Company's Initial Private Offering (IPO) of shares in Shanghai, while in Texas, USA the legislature adjourned for 18 months slamming the door on investor pikes. Republican legislators in the Texas capital of Austin declared Thursday there was "no sense of urgency" about tapping investor funds and entrepreneurialism to build tollroads under concessions or "comprehensive development agreements" (CDAs) Join discussion...

Lawmakers of opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday boycotted the screening of the draft amendments to the statute governing private investment in public construction, to express their strong opposition to opening the BOT (build-operate-transfer) projects to mainland Chinese investors. The draft amendments, raised by the Cabinet-level Public Construction Commission (PCC), were up for screening by the transportation committee of the Legislative Yuan. Join discussion...

AS CHINA spends tens of billions to clean up after years of environmentally destructive growth, companies big and small are scrabbling for contracts to restore polluted waterways and landfills. But while tougher environmental rules and increased incentives are driving investment, the carrots and rebates are not expected to last forever and companies that sign on to long-term projects are vulnerable to policy change. Join discussion...

Suez Environment, one of the world's leading water service providers, said on Friday that its subsidiary Sino French Water has won a 30-year water treatment contract in Chongqing, providing drinking water for 1.2 milliion residents in the Yuelai district of the city. Join discussion...

MTR Corp signed an agreement in principle on January 16 with the Hangzhou Municipal Government and Hangzhou Metro Group for the financing, construction and operation of Line 1 of the metro under a PPP model. Join discussion...

Many consider global “infrastructure" an investment opportunity. The developing markets continue their growth despite a slowdown, and the US has deteriorating systems in need of replacement. With China and US each announcing intentions to spend hundreds of billions on infrastructure, plus many other nations chipping in, what's the best way for investors to get in on the action? Join discussion...