There have been some interesting developments in the global infrastructure market in the first half of 2018, with further new opportunities anticipated for the second half of the year. The UK market remains disappointing, however. The private finance initiative (PFI) concept introduced in 1992 has dramatically fallen out of favour over the past year. Political support for the concept has collapsed among the previously enthusiastic Labour party, which has announced that it will move projects back under public sector control if or when it returns to office. At the same time, the collapse of Carillion, a major PFI construction player, has increased public opposition to private sector investment in infrastructure.