Extended Panel Discussion: Unlocking Infrastructure Investment: Is Financial Regulation Holding Us Back?
Oct 7, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Conference Room CC15 & Online
Description
Infrastructure investment is central to achieving development goals, including climate resilience and biodiversity protection. Infrastructure projects, especially in emerging and developing economies, require large-scale, long-term financing that is influenced by financial regulatory frameworks.
As the Basel III framework takes effect across jurisdictions and the EU moves forward with implementing its Solvency II review, it is a critical moment to assess whether prudential and solvency rules are fit-for-purpose to support infrastructure investment. Emerging evidence suggests that some aspects of these regimes may unintentionally constrain long-term capital flows, particularly to infrastructure in emerging markets and developing economies.
This session will explore possible regulatory frictions and inconsistencies that could affect infrastructure finance to identify areas where recalibration may be warranted: Are current treatments of infrastructure assets justified from a risk perspective? How can regulatory frameworks evolve to better align with sustainable investment needs while maintaining financial stability?
Related key resources
Private finance
Mobilising private finance for development, climate and biodiversity in emerging markets and developing economies: Financing our future
