An Infrastructure Fund
is a type of mutual fund established to mobilize funds from general and institutional investors for investment in Thailand’s infrastructure projects widely beneficial to the general people. Infrastructure projects are essential and constructive for national development; however, they inevitably require a significant amount of investment. Infrastructure funds, therefore, ease the government’s budgeting burden and public debts, and provide to the private sector an alternative fund raising scheme for the development of these infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure funds may invest in the following 12 types of infrastructure projects:
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Rail Transit Systems
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Water
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Airfields or Airports
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Telecommunications
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Water Management System/Irrigation System
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Waste Management
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Electricity
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Roads, Highways, and Concession Ways
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Deep Water Ports
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Alternative Energy
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Natural Disaster Protections System
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The infrastructure businesses that mix with multi-infrastructures mentioned
Source: The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand and The Stock Exchange of Thailand