APRIL 2017
Financial Marketing, the View of a Long Term...In general, I find that the majority of financial marketing is done reasonably well in Europe, press releases are timely and include the salient information for that moment while company accounts provide...
APRIL 2017
The power of numbers to show strengthInterview with Massimo Sonego, Atlantia Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations
Atlantia is the listed holding company that controls Autostrade per l’Italia and Aeroporti
APRIL 2017
EU vs US financial regulationsThe quote of “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” attributed to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was no doubts referring to a foreign minister counterpart to discuss...
MARCH 2017
Sailing on: sustainable leadership in the real worldWhen I was a boy in a family enthusiastic about motor boats, I developed a passion for sailing.
Sailing, perhaps uniquely among forms of human transport, is quite autonomous. You need to<...
MARCH 2017
Four Imperatives for Leadership to Make a...In times of crisis, new leaders emerge. And make no mistake, we are in such a time of crisis right now – a time of danger and opportunity, as the Chinese pictogram for ‘crisis’ would...
MARCH 2017
Trump's plan to update U.S.'s aging national...Last year saw one of the most polarizing presidential elections in U.S. history. But one major issue cut across partisan lines to become a priority for supporters of both eventual victor Donald Trump and...
FEBRUARY 2017
Recent achievements and future perspectives for...Interview with Ugo De Carolis
Infrastructure Channel asked Aeroporti di Roma CEO Ugo De Carolis to discuss what he finds most interesting about the new international terminal at...
FEBRUARY 2017
A new sense of place at FiumicinoOnce upon a time, Toblerone, the Swiss chocolate bar patented even before it hit the market, won fame as an exotic classic. You couldn’t find itat your local store, but you could always find it at...
FEBRUARY 2017
Airports must seek high design, comfort, smart...Fulvio Fassone, Head of Commercial Services at Aerorporti di Roma, spoke with Infrastructure Channel about what makes the new Area E tick.
Q: Fiumicino’s new Area E for long-haul...
DECEMBER 2016
Atlantia’s commitment to SustainabilityThe Atlantia Group’s commitment to sustainability goes back almost twenty years, with Autostrade spa’s first environmental and social reports being published in as far back as 1997. Since...
DECEMBER 2016
New geopolitical trends meet sustainable...Year 2017 will be crucial for our Common Home, because of new geopolitical balances, natural resources exploitation, climate change, food security and migrations. The effectiveness of infrastructures will...
DECEMBER 2016
Digital SustainabilityThe Brundtland Report defines sustainability as a 'balance between satisfying current needs and not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'.
Generally<...
NOVEMBER 2016
Atlantia Investor BriefingAttached below, the slides containing the strategic presentation held in London by Atlantia Chief Executive Officer Giovanni Castellucci on 19 October 2016
NOVEMBER 2016
Infrastructure in a Low Cost of Capital...Atlantia SpA’s investor briefing in London on October 19 featured a round table on sector challenges in an era of low interest rates. An edited transcript of the discussion -“Infrastructure in...
NOVEMBER 2016
The coming Trump boom: sustainable infrastructure...The idea that we are in a golden age for infrastructure investment is enjoying very wide circulation today. The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president has galvanized excitement. Mr....
OCTOBER 2016
Interview with Giovanni CastellucciTHE ATLANTIA GROUP: SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
Mr Castellucci, how would you describe today’s Atlantia Group and what are its distinctive strengths?
OCTOBER 2016
Methods of payment evolutionary trends and...Over the past few years Italian customers have increasingly shown interest in digital solutions. The rate of “digitalization” can be measured both in terms of infrastructure development and in...
OCTOBER 2016
THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTWhat to expect with the driverless revolution
We have just entered the fourth industrial revolution.
The first, in the second half of the 1700's gave birth to mechanized...
SEPTEMBER 2016
The development of tourism in Italy and the role...During the international economic crisis of recent years, tourism has continued to grow, bucking the trend seen in other service sectors. Figures from the UN’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) are...
SEPTEMBER 2016
Interview with Mexico’s ambassador to ItalyJuan José Guerra Abud, Mexico’s ambassador to Italy, is bullish on the strengthening bilateral ties that led to a new direct flight. Mexico now needs development that respects the environment...
SEPTEMBER 2016
Something is moving in Italy’s...Despite widespread insatisfaction about Italy’s economic trends, one sector is burning as bright as a campfire on the beach.
Tourism appears to be outpacing the national gross domestic...
JULY 2016
Bridging $1 trillion infrastructure gap needs...Overview Making up the shortfall between global infrastructure investment needs and actual spending, estimated at over $1 trillion annually, is high on the agenda for policy makers and...
JULY 2016
Risk assessment in infrastructure: role of public...Roads seem to be the archetypical example of an infrastructure that should be provided by public intervention: even Adam Smith, in his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, conceded...
JULY 2016
Behind the wine: Production infrastructure...Interview with Marco Simonit by Patrizia Marin
Marco Simonit is a master pruner of grape vines, whose advice on how to keep plants healthy is sought by prestigious wineries around<...
JUNE 2016
Fast Lane: Italian highway safety is on a rollInterview with Paolo Berti (Chief Operations & Maintenance Officer Head of External Relations, Institutional Affairs and Marketing of Atlantia and of Autostrade per l'Italiaof Autostrade per...
JUNE 2016
It’s time to refuel efforts to boost road safetyDeclining mortality, injury and accident rates on the world’s roads is not something that just happens, like gravity. It takes effort – which means some mixture of political will, investment...
JUNE 2016
Slow Lane: Where wine is pleasure, moderation...Interview with Riccardo Cotarella by Patrizia Marin Riccardo Cotarella is one of the world’s foremost enologues andpresidentof Assoenologi, the Italian association of wine experts. Born...
APRIL 2016
Interview with Autostrade per l’Italia COO...Engineer Tomasi, what does it feel like to build a tunnel? Building a tunnel is a curious activity, one that binds all who do it into a special tribe. There are jealousies...
APRIL 2016
A comparative look shows Italy hasn’t lost its...The words Italy and infrastructure have been on a collision course in public perception for more than a decade, with the common view being that Europe’s third-largest country is no longer fit to...
APRIL 2016
Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni CastellucciSo you did it! Congratulations. Can you tell us how the first few months of the Valico bypass route is going? What is the feedback from truckers, who must have notable gains in terms of time and petrol...
MARCH 2016
Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni Castellucci...Interview with Atlantia CEO Giovanni Castellucci for Infrastructure Channel Atlantia is the leading player in Italy’s toll-road sector, an industry in which the company has...
MARCH 2016
Learning from LondonThe U.K. established an Airports Commission to review the cases for expanding airport capacity in London. In the summer of 2015 the Commission issued a Final Report recommending a third runway at...
MARCH 2016
All roads lead to RomeAll roads lead to Rome, it is commonly said. But what about flights? As it happens, two great historical empires, the Roman and Chinese, never managed much direct contact as diplomatic forays in both...
MARCH 2016
Integrated thinking creating value for all the...Companies need to have a decision-making approach that takes into account the greatest possible quantity of elements and information.. This need has led to the creation of an effective tool that allows...
OCTOBER 2015
Technology for a safety EuropeHerman De Croo knows a lot about the world of transport. And also the world of politics, Europe, and the nation States. He is Belgian, and has been a member of Parliament and a Minister, former Speaker of...
OCTOBER 2015
Why Public Investment?The world is facing the prospect of an extended period of weak economic growth. But risk is not fate: The best way to avoid such an outcome is to figure out how to channel large pools of savings into...
OCTOBER 2015
New Equities for Infrastructure InvestmentInfrastructure projects can be among the most productive investments a society can make, with clear links to a country's economic growth. For private investors, however, the situation is more...
OCTOBER 2015
The Infrastructure Solution“Infrastructure, by the nature of the word,” former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said in February 2013, “is basic to the functioning of societies.” And yet...
JULY 2015
Private capital for infrastructures: what are the...The relationship between the public and private sectors must be based on a clear identification of the infrastructure’s underlying risks. And on the principle that each party must take...
JULY 2015
Infrastructures for competitivenessIn order to renew its economy, a country must be able to make itself attractive and competitive: low cost and efficient production. But without a network system of infrastructures making areas reachable...
JULY 2015
Private capital. A resource for buildingWhen the private sector acts as an investor in the construction of public works, it takes on a crucial role that is very often considered only for its monetary aspect and thus, not easily understood. This...
JUNE 2015
The Infrastructure ChannelThe implementation of major infrastructure projects to support growth is a recurrent topic, both in terms of its "counter-cyclical" role and as a means of strengthening economic growth potential...
APRIL 2015
A New Infrastructure CultureThere is currently a great deal of debate internationally, but above all in Europe and Italy, about the issue of infrastructure development. It is often said that there is a lack of infrastructure and...
APRIL 2015
Presentation of the Infrastructure ManifestoOver the years, a certain dominant, and often acritical, view of infrastructure has come to the fore. According to this way of thinking, major works are always a good thing and emergency legislation is...
APRIL 2015
The Infrastructure ManifestoThe Manifesto for a new Infrastructure Culture is the result of the work carried out by the Infrastructure Lab, set up by the Bocconi University and Autostrade per l’Italia in December 2012.
FEBRUARY 2015
Sustainable development and infrastructureThe building of infrastructure has a profound and irreversible impact on the environment and on people’s lives. During and after construction, new infrastructure results in changes to the landscape,...
FEBRUARY 2015
Are We Developing the Right Airport...Over the years we have often been confronted with the task of modeling airport charges and business plans. As pointed out by a recent research from Oxera, to set aeronautical charges many of airports have...
APRIL 2014
Lean infrastructures for starting up againPlanning while fighting wastfulness: this is the objective of a way of thinking about the infrastructures; one that takes into account the real needs of the users and of the territory, anticipating the...
MARCH 2013
Public private partnership the challenge of...The acronym PPP, which stands for Public- Private Partnership, has become a widely used term. If I daresay so, it has become almost “fashionable.” Work groups, conferences, and publications on...
MARCH 2013
A lever for Chile’s developmentIt is more than just strengthening highways, airports and ports; it is also about the fight against climate change and the struggle for access and optimization of water management. These are some of the...
MARCH 2013
PPP? IT WORKS BEST FOR LARGE WORKSInvolving the private sector in financing, implementing and managing public works is a great opportunity, when applied to the development of large infrastructures or redevelopment plans and complex...
OCTOBER 2012
The contribution of infrastructures to developmentThere are three fundamental criteria for evaluating the impact, at the different territorial scales, of the creation of a new infrastructure: focusing on the long-term result, on the quality and on the...
OCTOBER 2012
The Consensus Building ApproachOne of the greatest world experts on decision-making, and founder of the Consensus Building Institute, explains the opportunities of creative problem-solving in settling disputes and conflicts.
