In June, Arjun Infrastructure Partners acquired a 10% stake in Angel Trains from Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), a Canadian pension fund. Despite this transaction, PSP Investments will continue to hold the majority ownership of Angel Trains, retaining a 64.25% stake in the company. The financial details of the transaction have not been publicly disclosed. Established in 1994,...

EDHECinfra unlisted infrastructure equity indicesOur analysis of infrastructure equity indices has been based on three indices in equal weights and local currency: infra300 index: a global infrastructure index, comprised of 300 assets with a total market capitalisation of USD320 billion. infra100 Core index: consists of 100 infrastructure companies in the core segment of the infrastructure market. InfraGreen index: with 106...

Eiffage, a French infrastructure operator, has strengthened its hold on the Millau Viaduct concession by acquiring the remaining 49% stake from Banque des Territoires, thus gaining full ownership. The Millau Viaduct, standing among the most elevated bridges globally, was built to reduce traffic congestion and improve traffic flow between Paris and Barcelona. It provides a direct route between the two...

In April, Fri-El Green Power SpA’s subsidiary, Alerion Clean Power SpA, purchased 51% of Fri-El Anzi Srl, an Italian firm that manages an electric power generation facility in Bolzano. The acquisition was completed for a sum of €18.8M. The company has been operating an onshore windfarm in Anzi, Italy since June 2011. The windfarm consists of eight Vestas V90/2000 turbines...

In March 2023, INPEX Corporation acquired a 16.7 percent stake in the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm, which is currently in operation off the coast of Scotland, with an installed capacity of 950MW produced by one hundred 9.5-megawatt units. Priced at an estimated GBP400m, indicating a total equity value of approximately GBP2.4bn, the acquisition was carried out through INPEX Renewable...

The infrastructure asset class showed resilience this quarter amid various macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds with both infrastructure equity and debt showing positive returns. High demand for unlisted infrastructure continues to support asset values. The infra300® index, which tracks a representative global sample of unlisted infrastructure equity investments worth more than $300bn, had a 8.81% total return in Q1 2023 (local...