The GCC and MENA region’s massive scale of investment required over the next few years in the construction of new infrastructure capacity, and in the rehabilitation and upgrading of existing infrastructure is generating a significant demand for both innovative investment and first class professional advisory services, including structuring, and equity/debt placement for mega projects.

Gulf One, responding to the demand for innovative investments will establish and manage a range of infrastructure-focused equity funds which, as well as being attractive, will act as catalysts to mobilise the substantial financial resources required to undertake the scale of investment required. Individual funds will be designed to appeal to varying investor demands, from funds focused on income yield to funds aiming for capital growth.

As an integral of its range of infrastructure investment activities, Gulf One will give particular attention to structuring investment opportunities in the specialised area of Public Private Partnerships (“PPP”). PPP can play a major role in efficiently expediting the upgrade of, and investment in, public services while allowing governments to retain, where appropriate, the ownership of strategic commodities, such as water, while achieving private sector efficiency in procurement, execution and operation.