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Why suffer at the hands of the denominator effect when the true market value of private assets is available? When one asset class in a portfolio underperforms (or outperforms) markedly, the resulting change in the total portfolio value (the denominator) can make allocations to other asset classes significantly overweight (or underweight). Indeed, strong reported performance in 2021 pushed several asset

The Q4 2022 release of the EDHECinfra indices presents our updated views in the light of recent government intervention in the European and UK energy market due to the ongoing gas supply disruption. This report updates the Q3 2022 report and is presented following the TICCS® taxonomy of infrastructure companies. Over the course of the fourth quarter of 2022, European

This year has been a very interesting one for infrastructure investors, especially energy infrastructure investors. The war in Ukraine led to massive dislocation in energy markets, this combined with outages in France nuclear power plants and Norwegian hydro has resulted in the price for electricity increasing significantly. In response, consumers have reduced their demand for electricity, governments in Europe have

With the support of LTIIA, EDHECInfra recently published a new paper “Is Infrastructure Shockproof?” examining the resilience of infrastructure equity investments during market downturns, 2000-2022. We spoke with Vincent Levita, Chairman of LTIIA and CEO of InfraVia Capital Partners, about the paper’s findings and its industry relevance. In the latest research paper “Is Infrastructure Shockproof?”, why was it important for

The cut in gas flows from Russia to Europe has had a significant impact on the electricity market in Europe, but not for reasons that you might expect. In response to the cut in flows, the European Commission mandated all countries to increase their gas storage. As a result, there has been significant activity since March to fill all gas

Well, what an interesting month it has been. The shortest and perhaps most chaotic term of any UK Prime Minister ended abruptly leaves a lot to be said. But it wasn’t how the Liz Truss left office, it’s the events that led to her resignation that is relevant to infrastructure. The announced large unfunded tax cuts in an inflationary environment