At a time when there is an intense focus on boosting infrastructure spending to provide a much-needed economic stimulus and repair crumbling roads and railways on both sides of the Atlantic, FN sits down with the global head of infrastructure equity at AMP Capital.

The Australian investment manager has invested A$12 billion ($8.9 billion) globally in infrastructure. Since it came to the UK in 2005 its investments have included Thames Water, Newcastle Airport and Angel Trains, the UK's largest rolling stock company. Now about half of its infrastructure assets are invested outside Australia.