Where's your scheme's invitation from David Cameron?

This morning's Financial Times led in print with the news that the Qatari royal family wants to invest in renovating the HS2 high-speed rail line hubs, and carried a telling line for institutional investors.

"The papers show that in the first three months of this year, Mr Cameron organised three Downing Street meetings with external investors, including the Canada Pension Plan, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority."

Asset figures are not easily found for all of these, but the smallest, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, sits on C$234bn (£133bn), which gives you an idea of what it takes to get a seat at the table.

The government wants this country's pension funds investing in domestic infrastructure, but they are dwarfed by these investment giants. It is no surprise then that UK pension funds are looking overseas to get decent assets.

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