Governments urged to take on more Belt and Road risk

Most investors will continue to shun infrastructure in emerging markets, including projects covered by China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI), unless governments take on more of the risk. That is the view of some members of a heavy-hitting panel that met in London last Thursday as part of the ‘Think Asia, Think Hong Kong’ conference organised by the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council. The speakers – who included senior executives from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (C…