15.07.2016 - India’s sovereign wealth fund identifies first eight projects for investments
India’s maiden sovereign wealth fund National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has identified the first eight projects it plans to invest in. These include the Konkan Railways project, a power transmission project in the north region, and a few road projects, said a senior official of India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL). There has been a lot of interest from foreign investors for NIIF, but actual cheques are taking longer to come in, IIFCL’s deputy managing director Sanjeev Kaushik told Mint over the phone. IIFCL, which was appointed as the interim investment adviser to NIIF in December, has advised investments in a total of eight projects for the fund. Of these, the governing council in its meeting last month approved investment in the existing Konkan Railway project, Kaushik said...............................................Full Article: Source
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