Insights

Opinion pieces from the team, and uses cases covering private markets, infrastructure investment, climate change, social risk, and more.

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Failure of regulation means unfair tolls for users of French roads in new study endorsed by Senate investigative committee.

Sep. 18, 2020
18 September 2020 – The high level of tolls on privatised highways is a sensitive matter in French politics. The last renegotiation in 2015 involved now-President Macron when he was Minister of the Finance. A new EDHECinfra research paper on the adequate level of tolls on French roads is prominently featured in a report released today by the Senate Investigative
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Archaïsme et injustice de la gestion des péages autoroutiers en France [in French]

Sep. 18, 2020
18 Septembre 2020- Une nouvelle publication de recherche de l’EDHEC Infrastructure Institute dont les conclusions sont reprises dans leur intégralité par le rapport de Commission d’enquête du Sénat sur « le contrôle, la régulation et l’évolution des concessions autoroutières » publié le ce jour, met en lumière l’archaïsme de la réglementation des péages dans les concessions d’autoroutes en France, et appelle à
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Q2 2020 Index Release: More negative returns for unlisted infrastructure investments but Contracted assets show resilience to Covid-19

Jul. 20, 2020
The Q2 2020 release of the EDHECinfra indices marks a new quarter of negative returns for the unlisted infrastructure asset class. The infra300 index is down -1.5% on the quarter ending 30 June 2020. This index measures the average mark-to-market performance of 300 unlisted infrastructure equity investments that make a representative sample by sector, corporate structure, and business model of
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Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Infrastructure Companies Forecast Revenues in Q2 2020

Jul. 12, 2020
By Jack Lee and the data team. Overview IC10 Power Generation x-Renewables IC40 Energy and Water Resources IC60 Transport 4.1   IC6010 Airport Companies 4.2   IC6030 Port Companies 4.3   IC6040/60 Rail and Urban Commuter Companies 4.4   IC6050 Road Companies IC70 Renewable Power IC80 Network Utilities 6.1   IC8010/20 Electricity Distribution/Transmission Companies 6.2   IC8040 Water and Sewerage Companies Dividend Outlook for Covid-19 Impacted
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Infra unknowns – key questions that need to be answered

May. 30, 2020
As someone who straddles both the academic and finance worlds I’m always interested in research that can help better inform asset managers. My main interest is in infrastructure finance, having been involved in the field in some way or another over the last 15 years.  So, I’m always interested in reading new research on infrastructure finance, hoping it might provide
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Measuring ESG to understand value in infrastructure investments

May. 30, 2020
There is growing recognition in the industry and academic field alike that an effective analysis of ESG is fundamental to understanding the value of an infrastructure company. But in order to understand why ESG matters for infrastructure, we first need to understand why infrastructure has value. The ambition of the research on ESG at EDHECinfra is to map a well-defined