July 2018
Infracapital wins Infrastructure Manager of the Year in the Global Investor Awards 2018
Summary: Infracapital is a London-based infrastructure investment specialist that has raised and managed over £3 billion of funds across essential infrastructure sectors. The company’s focus is to build and actively manage a diverse and stable portfolio of essential infrastructure businesses in the UK and Europe.
Part of M&G Prudential, the European arm of the US financial giant, Infrastructure’s platform offers investors multiple ways to access essential European infrastructure with strategies in both greenfield and brownfield infrastructure.
The team brings over 450 years of relevant experience and has developed a proven track record since 2001 having successfully invested across a range of sectors, geographies and strategies. 2017 was a busy year for Infracapital with various highlights:
• Infracapital Partners I returned 2.2x capital to investors
• Infracapital Partners II delivered a 24.9% internal rate of return as well as a 9.2% average yield since inception (as of September 2017)
• The Infracapital Greenfield Partners closed with £1.25 and well above its £1bn target. Its plan is to invest in the later stage development, construction and/or expansion of European economic infrastructure, targeting higher returns than traditional brownfield investments
• The firm established Digital Infrastructure Investment Partners after winning a mandate from the UK Government to invest in high speed digital infrastructure in the UK Infracapital Partners III, which targets mid-market European infrastructure, made in June 2018 its first investment by acquiring a majority stake in CCNST, a leading provider of broadband services in Germany.