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Report: Q3 2021 Covid-19 Revenue Forecast Updates

Oct. 22, 2021
The Q3 2021 release of the EDHECinfra indices incorporates the views and asset-level revenue forecasts of our team of financial analysts. This report updates the Q2 2021 report and is presented following the TICCS® taxonomy of infrastructure companies. Each quarter, the team reviews the revenue forecasts of 650 companies that currently live in the EDHECinfra universe, based on the latest
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infra300 monthly index release, July 2021

Aug. 23, 2021
The unlisted infrastructure asset class continues its recovery from Covid-19 ending six consecutive quarters of losses. The infra300® index, which tracks a representative global sample of unlisted infrastructure equity investments worth approximately USD 250bn, rose 2.45% in July’21 (in local currency) and almost reached the pre-pandemic highs from September 2019. On a 3-month basis, the total return was 6.08% (in
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Q2 2021 Index Data Release – Resilience and recovery of infrastructure returns

Jul. 15, 2021
The unlisted infrastructure asset class is finally showing signs of recovery from Covid-19 with a significant drop in the equity risk premium in Q2 2021, ending six consecutive quarters of losses. Since the onset of Covid-19, this quarter marks the first in which all segments of the infrastructure market have shown a positive return, even as interest rates remain at
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Report: Q2 2021 Covid-19 Revenue Forecast Updates

Jul. 13, 2021
The Q2 2021 release of the EDHECinfra indices incorporates the views and asset-level revenue forecasts of our team of financial analysts. This report updates the Q1 2021 report and is presented following the TICCS® taxonomy of infrastructure companies. Each quarter, the team reviews the revenue forecasts of 650 companies that are currently live in the EDHECinfra universe, based on the
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A new era of data & analytics for infrastructure investors

Jun. 24, 2021
This post is the editorial of the June 2021 EDHECinfra Newsletter (Volume 5 issue 1)  Infrastructure investment is evolving from a niche alternative asset class into a fully-fledged investment sector and value chain. As this evolution takes place, the need for data and analytics is also growing rapidly for investors, managers, consultants and financial service providers. Access to the best
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Three questions to Thierry Déau on volatility and infrastructure investment

Jun. 20, 2021
With the support of LTIIA, EDHECinfra recently published a new paper exploring the nature and drivers of the issue of Volatility of Unlisted Infrastructure Equity Investments. We spoke with Thierry Déau, Chairman of LTIIA and CEO of Meridiam, about the paper’s findings and its industry relevance. 1. What was the main reason to sponsor the research paper “The volatility of