Building a New Global Investment System for Sovereign Infrastructure
WIC supports sovereign ambition with global institutional capital to finance and develop strategic infrastructure at scale.
Through WIC Capital, we sponsor and develop Strategic Investment Corporations in partnership with emerging economies, creating professionally governed institutions designed to mobilise long-term sovereign and institutional capital for strategic infrastructure.
Through the WIC Institute, we bring together sovereign leaders, global investors and leading thinkers to advance Sovereign Innovation by developing the ideas, leadership and institutional models required for nations to harness capital, infrastructure and technology more effectively.
Together, they unite sovereign leadership, institutional innovation and investment execution to advance long-term national development.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Enabling Sovereign Ambition at a Global Scale
Many of the world's fastest-growing economies are pursuing generational programmes of infrastructure, industrial development and economic transformation.
Yet national ambitions often exceed the capacity of existing financing and investment structures, which remain fragmented across projects, institutions and investment cycles.
At the same time, sovereign wealth funds, pensions and other long-term investors are seeking scalable access to emerging-market growth through professionally governed, investable infrastructure platforms.
The opportunity lies in creating enduring investment institutions that bridge national development priorities and the requirements of global institutional investors.
How the WIC Investment System Works
THE WIC MODEL
Sovereign Priorities
Nationally determined infrastructure and development objectives
Sovereign Innovation
New approaches to institutional design, capital mobilisation and infrastructure development
Strategic Investment Corporations
Permanent, professionally governed investment institutions established in partnership with governments
Permanent Capital
Long-duration sovereign and institutional investment capital
Strategic Infrastructure
Infrastructure financed, developed and delivered at institutional scale
WIC CAPITAL
Investing in Sovereign Infrastructure
WIC Capital is the investment and execution arm of WIC, sponsoring Strategic Investment Corporations that translate national development priorities into investable infrastructure programmes.
Unlike conventional project-by-project vehicles, Strategic Investment Corporations are designed as enduring investment institutions. They combine sovereign alignment, independent professional governance and access to institutional capital to develop infrastructure programmes across sectors and successive investment cycles.
The objective is to make strategic infrastructure investable at the scale of national ambition.
Investment Heritage
WIC Capital draws on more than three decades of emerging-market infrastructure investment experience through EMP Global and related investment platforms, providing a foundation for its global sovereign infrastructure investment programme.
Our Objective
To deploy one of the world's most significant sovereign infrastructure investment programs
30+ Years
Track Record of Investing in Emerging Markets
$8bn+
Capital Deployed
10+ Funds
Investment Heritage in Emerging Economies
Global Experience
Spanning Asia, Africa, Middle East and the Americas
WIC INSTITUTE
Advancing Sovereign Innovation
Led by Baroness Patricia Scotland KC, former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, the WIC Institute brings together sovereign leaders, institutional investors and leading thinkers to advance Sovereign Innovation.
The Institute explores how nations can harness capital, infrastructure, technology and institutional reform to achieve long-term economic transformation.
Its work spans sovereign investment, infrastructure strategy, institutional design, governance and leadership — developing practical approaches with those responsible for shaping national development.
Supported by The British International Group's capabilities in governance and sovereign strategy, the Institute connects intellectual leadership with practical institutional development.
ONE SYSTEM
Where Sovereign Innovation Meets Investment Execution
The WIC Institute advances Sovereign Innovation, while WIC Capital develops the investment institutions through which its ideas can be applied.
Together, they bring sovereign leadership, institutional innovation and investment execution into one system, specially designed to turn national priorities into enduring economic value.
