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

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Q2 2022 infrastructure update – inflation linkage provides some relief from rising rates

Jul. 29, 2022
Even if partial, and limited to certain sectors, inflation-hedging characteristics of the infrastructure asset class were on display in this quarter, as the higher cash flow forecast somewhat offset the negative impact of higher interest rates. The infra300® index, which tracks a representative global sample of unlisted infrastructure equity investments worth more than USD 200bn, ended the quarter lower by
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Report: Q2 2022 Revenue Forecast Updates

Jul. 20, 2022
The Q2 2022 release of the EDHECinfra indices incorporates the views and asset-level revenue forecasts of our team of financial analysts. This report updates the Q1 2022 report and is presented following the TICCS® taxonomy of infrastructure companies. Each quarter, the team reviews the revenue forecasts of 700+ companies that are currently live in the EDHECinfra universe, based on the
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An Open letter to Stuart Kirk

May. 30, 2022
Dear Stuart, It takes courage to express non-conformist views to a room full of evangelists. During your now infamous speech at the FT, your annoyance with those who have found refuge in the ascetic ideal of decarbonisation, kicking for touch with net-zero pledges, was palpable. We understand. Still, we usually think that opinions on climate change are divided between those
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Report: Q1 2022 Covid-19 Revenue Forecast Updates

Apr. 20, 2022
Report: Q1 2022 Covid-19 Revenue Forecast Updates The Q1 2022 release of the EDHECinfra indices incorporates the views and asset-level revenue forecasts of our team of financial analysts. This report updates the Q4 2021 report and is presented following the TICCS® taxonomy of infrastructure companies. Each quarter, the team reviews the revenue forecasts of 700+ companies that are currently live
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What do airspace closures, compound interest and aircraft manual subscriptions have in common?

Apr. 02, 2022
Answer: They are driving cost of international sanctions to investors in Russian airports In this research note, we look at the potential loss of value of Russian airports due to the war in Ukraine. Drivers of impact include the closure of a number of national airspaces to Russian airlines as well as related sanctions that have been imposed since the
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First Global Ranking of Infrastructure Investment Strategies

Mar. 23, 2022
 Boston Consulting Group and EDHECinfra present the results of the first global study of infrastructure investment strategies and performance The 2022 Rankings are organised into four categories, Global Peers, Home Peers, Manager Peers, and Asset Owner Peers, each of which includes a top-ranked peer group style based on their 2021 risk-adjusted performance. In a new report, “Infrastructure Strategy 2022. A