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The German special infrastructure fund

The costs of German reunification amounted to around 2 trillion euros¹ . The special fund or socalled “Sondervermögen” of 500 billion euros is therefore a significant commitment to the modernisation of infrastructure. But how should it be used and how can institutional investors help to further increase investment in our infrastructure?

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