Central and Eastern Europe has seen pioneer investors deploy capital successfully, yet mainstream Western institutional funds remain largely absent. This closing panel examines the barriers preventing large infrastructure investors from entering CEE markets and what needs to change to unlock institutional-scale capital deployment.
• Why have mainstream Western institutional investors not yet entered CEE markets at scale?
• What specific concerns around grid, power prices, currency risk, and revenue repatriation affect investment decisions?
• What needs to happen for CEE to attract the next wave of institutional capital?