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Europe offers an array of opportunities for infrastructure debt investors. But selectivity is key, says Bertrand Loubières, head of infrastructure finance at AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets.
With definitions of infrastructure expanding and abundant liquidity available in the debt market, managing risk is top priority, says Matthew Norman, Crédit Agricole CIB’s global head of infrastructure.
Infrastructure debt is coming of age, says Jean-Francis Dusch of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management.
The key to a successful debt strategy is to offer flexibility and added value, while keeping overall project costs competitive, the annual Infrastructure Investor New York summit hears.
From Australia to London via Paris. Numbers six to 10 in our Infrastructure Debt 15 have raised more than $22bn over the last five years.
Low interest rates and favourable regulatory treatment make infrastructure debt the ideal bet for 2020, says head of infrastructure finance at Ostrum Asset Management, Céline Tercier.
Firms from the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany and Canada make up the rest of the Infrastructure Debt 15, raising about $9bn over the last five years.
The Infrastructure Debt 15 is the second edition of our ranking of the world's largest credit GPs, which have raised $84bn from third-party LPs.
The top five firms in our Infrastructure Investor Debt 15 ranking have raised over $52bn over the last five years.
Appetite for infrastructure debt is growing as investors become more familiar with the asset class and concerns about the credit cycle grow, say Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions co-heads Tim Humphrey and Kit Hamilton.