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Unlock ICS Compliance with infraMetrics and privateMetrics

Dec. 12, 2024
The adoption of the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) by IAIS establishes a new global framework for capital adequacy, providing a risk-sensitive approach to enhance financial stability for Internationally Active Insurance Groups (IAIGs). How infraMetrics and privateMetrics Support ICS Compliance: Market-Aligned Valuation: These platforms provide timely, market-driven data that meets ICS’s Market-Adjusted Valuation (MAV) requirements, ensuring accurate and consistent reporting. Tailored...
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infraMetrics® Asset Valuation Methodology

Oct. 04, 2024
The infraMetrics asset pricing model allows estimating the fair market value of unlisted infrastructure equity investments in a robust and dynamic manner. It improves greatly on traditional approaches which tend to generate backward-looking or ‘stale’ net asset values that are not aligned with the level of market prices at the time of reporting....
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Measuring and tracking the alpha of private market funds

Sep. 19, 2024
Scientific Infra & Private Assets is pleased to present an approach using privateMetrics® data to measure and track the alpha of private market funds, allowing robust and representative fund selection and monitoring. infraMetrics® & privateMetrics® provide access to hundreds of benchmarks across the infrastructure and private equity asset classes, enabling investors to create the most representative benchmark for the fund...
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Analysing UK power using infraMetrics®

Apr. 09, 2024
This in-depth analysis explores the financial dynamics of the UK power sector between 2018 and 2022, unveiling infraMetrics’ extensive analytical possibilities. The research meticulously compares the performance of renewable and conventional power sources across key metrics like revenue, profit margins, returns, and cost of capital, providing a comprehensive view of the industry landscape. Our research is supported by dynamic visualizations...
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Low Tide: What the Data Showed About Thames Water

Jan. 04, 2024
In this paper, we ask what investors in Thames Water – and its holding company Kemble Water – would have learned about the level of risk of their investment and its likely market value had they compared its characteristics to market and peer group data....
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IRR Comps: the Quickline Deal

Nov. 11, 2023
This month, instead of looking at a transaction changing hands through a willing buyer and seller, we are looking at a topic that could be a significant interest for investors in network utilities today: equity injection and, specifically, how the infraMetrics® platform can help you determine the IRR you should expect for such a transaction. Currently, we see that the...