Challenges for infrastructure funds include finding investment opportunities, perceptions of instability, and unproven track records

Some of the challenges confronting current infrastructure funds are discussed in greater detail below.

Figure 2: Unlisted fund managers by number of funds launched

Source: Preqin, 2009.

Figure 3: Proportion of fundraising by fund type, 2007 to mid 2009

Figure 4: Infrastructure fundraising by primary geographic focus, 2007 to mid 2009

Source: Preqin, 2009.

Figure 5: A Comparison of Macquarie's Global Infrastructure Index and the FTSE All-World Index, September 2004 to September 2009

Source: Macquarie Global Infrastructure Index.