Transportation infrastructure is a "key area" in need of investment

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Partner Insight: As noted by the OECD in their 2017 Transport Outlook report, an efficient transport infrastructure can improve market accessibility, create employment, promote labour mobility and connect communities.

"Transportation infrastructure is a key area in need of investment," explains Alex Araujo, Fund Manager at M&G Investments. "Many of the world's motorways, air travel requirements and public transit networks are quite challenged by congestion." Araujo runs M&G's recently launched Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and says the asset class provides a compelling proposition for long-term investors looking to diversify their portfolios. Specialist investors like M&G have bought into a wide range of the world's infrastructure - ranging from Australian airports to UK water companies with an ar...

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