Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets manages $78 billion of assets in 23 countries across various infrastructure sectors including transportation, utilities, communications, and others. Global infrastructure investment needs are estimated to be $67 trillion over the next 18 years but constrained public budgets and debt availability pose challenges to funding. Pension funds hold $65 trillion but invest less than 5% in alternatives like infrastructure due to liquidity concerns. The new European energy infrastructure investment law could unintentionally prevent Macquarie from investing if it does not recognize the differences between strategic and fund managers.
1. MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE AND REAL ASSETS
The impact of unbundling – who can invest in what in the future
8 March 2013- Howard Higgins
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Macquarie, The global leader in infrastructure with
€78bn of assets under management
South Africa
N3 Toll Concessions
Bakwena Platinum Corridor
Trans African Concessions
Neotel
Kelvin Power Station
Nigeria
Lekki Concession Company
USA
Dulles Greenway
Indiana Toll Road
Chicago Skyway
Icon Parking
Total Terminals International
Smarte Carte
Penn Terminals
Airport Services (fixed base
operations)
Waste Industries
Global Tower
Partners
Aquarion Company
Broadrock
Renewables
Puget Energy
District Energy
Duquesne Light
The Gas Company
Bulk Liquid Storage
Terminal Business
Canada
Edmonton Ring Road
A-25
AltaLink
Cardinal (power station)
Whitecourt (biomass facility)
Chapais (biomass facility)
Erie Shores Wind Farm
Hydro Power Business
Halterm Limited (port)
Fraser Surrey Docks
UK
M6 Toll
Bristol Airport
Wales & West Utilities
Thames Water
Combined Landfill
Projects Envirogas
Energy Power
Resources
Arqiva
Airwave
Condor Group (ferry
services)
National Car Parks
Wightlink (ferry services)
Belgium
Brussels Airport
Denmark
Copenhagen Airports)
China
Changshu Xinghua Port
Hua Nan Expressway
Taiwan
Miaoli Windpower
France
Autoroutes Paris-
Rhin-Rhône
Trois Sources &
Lomont Windfarms
Compteurs Farnier
(water metering)
EPR France (wind
farm)
RES (wind farm)
Pisto SAS (oil
storage and
distribution)Germany
Warnow Tunnel
GWE (heat & power)
Techem
(submetering)
Thyssengas
TanQuid (tank
storage business)
Poland
DCT Gdansk (container
terminal)
Spain
Asset Energia Solar
Solpex Energia Solar
Sweden
EPR Sweden (wind farm)
District Heating operation
Arlanda Express
Japan
Hanjin Pacific Corporation (Tokyo,
Osaka)
Australia
Dampier to Bunbury Natural
Gas Pipeline
Multinet Gas Holdings
United Energy Distribution
AlintaGas Networks
Hobart International Airport
United Arab Emirates
Al Ain Industrial City
Industrial City of Abu
Dhabi
ICAD Effluent Treatment
Plant
Represents businesses and assets which Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets manages on behalf of investors with various direct percentage stakes held in each.
Mexico
Decarred (highways)
South Korea
Baekyang Tunnel
Cheonan-Nonsan Expressway
Incheon International Airport
Expressway
Gwangju 2nd Beltway Section 1 & 3-1
Machang Bridge
Soojungsan Tunnel
Daegu 4th Beltway East
Incheon Grand Bridge
Seoul Chuncheon Expressway
Woomyunsan Tunnel
Yongin-Seoul Expressway
C&M
West Sea Power/West Sea Water
Hanjin Pacific Corporation (ports)
Busan New Port Phase 2-3
Seoul Subway Line 9, Section 1
North East Chemical
Roads
Airports
Utilities
Communications
Other Transportation
Other
MIRA manages 95 infrastructure businesses in 23 countries
India
Viom Networks
Adhunik Power and Natural
Resources
MB Power
Czech Republic
CRa
Russia
Brunswick Rail
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The Infrastructure Investment Challenge
Over the last 18 years $36 trillion was invested globally in infrastructure.
Over the next 18 years OECD estimate the required investment will be $67
trillion (asset investments to GDP ratio of 70%)
This excludes social infrastructure – schools, hospitals & housing, and does not
address backlogs on the renewal of aging assets.
—Constrained public sector budgets
—Balance sheet pressures for most major strategic investors
—Material reduction in the availability of commercial debt
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The Global economies face unprecedented challenges to fund infrastructure investments
So what’s changed?
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Sources of Infrastructure Funding
Governments are looking to pension funds for the future funding of infrastructure
investment.
The OECD estimate pension funds are holding US $65 trillion of assets
But <5% will be allocated to “alternatives” which includes infrastructure
Very few Pension Funds invest directly. They use fund managers
Competence and origin of the investor continues to be a concern.
Investment capital is mobile and will migrate to geographies where the risk/return balance
is optimised
Green field or investments with high capex requirements are generally unattractive
because of yield requirements
The lack of liquidity is a major concern for many investors.
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Where will the funding come from?
Is European energy infrastructure investment attractive?
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Conclusions – What can Macquarie invest in?
Overall we see unbundling as a very positive development and we will continue to deploy
capital – assuming we can achieve our target returns
Political and regulatory stability and transparency is a key consideration.
The way the law has been drafted may unintentionally prevent the Macquarie from
investing
The law needs to recognise there is a fundamental difference between the governance
arrangements and strategic intent of a strategic v fund manager
Fund managers are either separate or “ring fenced” within their parent organisations
Fund investments are discrete and don't seek synergies or economies of scale across
assets
Large investments are normally consortium based
Any related party transactions are subject to oversight by investors
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