Solving the UK infrastructure investment challenge

ICAEW brings together insights from an infrastructure investment forum (held in November 2024), as well as further guidance and resources for advisors, investors and investees involved in infrastructure investment in the UK.

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Features and articles

Regulation: anti-money laundering

06 Jun 2025
Corporate Financier

Corporate finance advisory has not been the top priority area for UK regulators’ oversight of anti-money laundering controls and process, in no small part due to the diligence of corporate finance firms. But that is changing as policymakers clamp down on financial crime.

Trendwatch: utilities and resources M&A

10 Feb 2025
Corporate Financier

From water to energy, there’s a perfect storm driving M&A in the utilities and resources sector. Jason Sinclair looks at what’s in the pipeline.

David Petrie on the M&A outlook under a new government

11 Oct 2024
Corporate Financier

As we enter the last quarter of 2024, and with the new UK government about to announce its first Budget, ICAEW head of corporate finance David Petrie gives his thoughts on the outlook for M&A.

Insider dealing: Schroders Greencoat buys Toucan

11 Oct 2024
Corporate Financier

‘You couldn’t make it up’ – a bit of a cliché in recent years – is a perfect description of the story of an Essex council’s investment in the UK’s biggest solar portfolio, Toucan Energy. But all’s well that ends well.

Long read: UK infrastructure

11 Oct 2024
Corporate Financier

Addressing the UK’s infrastructure challenge is a key plank of the new government’s strategy. But will the £7.3bn allocated to the UK Infrastructure Bank, which has become the National Wealth Fund, be enough – and will it deliver?

Jon Moulton on investing in innovation

06 Jun 2024
Corporate Financier

Jon Moulton reflects on his vast experience of investing in innovation and in regionally-focused funds.

Trendwatch: Energy transition

06 Jun 2024
Corporate Financier

Energy transition continues to drive M&A in the sector. Jason Sinclair looks at where the deals are.

The big infra challenge

06 Dec 2023
Corporate Financier

The sheer scale of energy transition projects means there will be no lack of demand for private capital to be deployed in infrastructure. In the UK, however, rising costs are creating a deliverability issue. Andy Thomson reports.

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Latest news on infrastructure and project finance

Infrastructure spend must be smart, as well as speedy

25 Mar 2025
ICAEW Insights

ICAEW has revealed the results of a snap poll of members, confirming that the government must better focus its infrastructure investment or risk ‘displacing’ private sector funding.

ICAEW calls for infrastructure acceleration to boost growth

11 Mar 2025
ICAEW Insights

In its submission to the Spending Review 2025, ICAEW welcomes reforms to how public spending is managed, but says the government needs to go further and faster to deliver savings and maximise growth.

ICAEW outlines effective grant management for government entities

09 Dec 2024
ICAEW Insights

Grant-paying government entities could save £1.9bn through effective grant management. A new ICAEW helpsheet offers advice on designing a grants assurance framework and highlights some of the main pitfalls to avoid.

Industrial strategy must target additional investment, ICAEW warns

27 Sep 2024
ICAEW Insights

In anticipation of the government’s upcoming International Investment Summit, ICAEW’s David Petrie outlines ICAEW’s wish list for an industrial strategy that encourages additional investment into the UK.

Canadian pensions: a model for the UK?

19 Aug 2024
ICAEW Insights

The UK government is exploring a Canada-inspired pension system to boost efficiency and infrastructure investment. We look at how this compares with the UK’s existing model.

What’s next for LEPs and growth hubs?

05 Aug 2024
ICAEW Insights

Local enterprise partnerships’ functions were transferred to local authorities in April 2024. What role will they play now?

National Wealth Fund to unlock green and growth investment

15 Jul 2024
ICAEW Insights

Fund will bring together UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank to unlock billions of pounds of investment in the UK’s green and growth industries, government says.

Bounce Back Loan data pilot examines sole trader fraud

17 Jan 2024
ICAEW Insights

The government is setting its sights on unincorporated businesses that fraudulently took out Bounce Back Loans during the pandemic.

Practical guidance

Read the Corporate Finance Faculty's good practice guidelines relating to infrastructure and project finance.

AI in corporate finance

23 Sep 2024

The Corporate Finance Faculty have brought together insights and resources on how AI is being used in corporate finance to help you better understand the application benefits and risks, as well as the practical considerations as you begin to revolutionise how deals are done.

Cyber Security in Corporate Finance

31 Jan 2024

Our Cyber Security in Corporate Finance guideline aims to help organisations manage cyber risk and improve its governance, setting out good practice within the context of a corporate finance transaction.

ESG in Corporate Finance

26 Aug 2022

ESG considerations can have a positive impact on a business’s decisions in relation to transactions. They can also be a driver of transactions as a business’s ESG credentials influence investment and capital allocation decisions.

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