- Focus on core+ and value-add transactions in the global small and mid-market
- Access to attractive co-investments through a broad network of fund managers and a reputation as a reliable partner
- High capital requirements for infrastructure investments due to long-term trends
- Infrastructure fund of funds YIELCO Metzler Infrastruktur IV in pre-marketing
Munich/Zurich/Madrid/Luxembourg, 21 November, 2024 — YIELCO Investments Group (“YIELCO”), a specialist in private markets, announces the first closing of its co-investment fund YIELCO Infrastructure Opportunities. The fund with a target capitalisation of EUR 200 million offers investors an opportunity-driven infrastructure co-investment strategy with high inflation protection. The geographical focus is on Europe and North America, with a small proportion invested outside these two regions. The portfolio will ultimately comprise up to 15 co-investments alongside experienced infrastructure managers and will be diversified across various sectors.
Claudio Ghisu, Co-Head Infrastructure, explains: “Having supported our mandate clients in the area of infrastructure co-investments for many years, we are very pleased to now also create access to high-yield co-investment opportunities for our broader investor base with our first infrastructure co-investment fund. The fund’s strategy builds on YIELCO’s long-standing infrastructure investment philosophy. The investment focus is on core+ and value-add opportunities in the small and mid-market segment, which have an asymmetric risk-return profile. We aim to make investments that offer the downside protection typical of infrastructure — for example through long-term contracts and inflation protection — but at the same time have attractive potential returns through active value enhancement measures.”
High capital requirements for infrastructure investments due to long-term trends
Uwe Fleischhauer, founding partner and Member of the Management Board of YIELCO Investments AG, comments: “Global infrastructure offers attractive return opportunities in the private capital market. Issues such as decarbonisation, digitalisation, demographic change and decentralisation are becoming increasingly important in the core segments of energy supply, transport and telecommunications infrastructure. Market growth and new areas of investment have significantly increased the variety of investment opportunities. In view of the continuing immense need for investment and the social and political relevance, we expect the importance of private capital in the financing of infrastructure projects to increase further. Currently, only around three per cent of global investment requirements are covered by private capital.”
Infrastructure fund of funds YIELCO Metzler Infrastructure IV in pre-marketing
In addition to YIELCO Infrastructure Opportunities, the YIELCO Metzler Infrastructure IV multi-manager programme is currently in the infrastructure product pipeline. The fourth generation of the successful, globally oriented infrastructure fund of funds – with an explicit ESG component in accordance with Article 8 of the Transparency Regulation – is being launched for the first time in collaboration with Metzler Asset Management. It is intended to generate attractive, long-term returns via a portfolio of at least ten primary and secondary investments in small and mid-market infrastructure target funds and with a focus on Core+ strategies.
YIELCO has a successful track record with more than 20 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, which guarantees access to leading global managers with a focus on the attractive small and mid-market segment.
About YIELCO
YIELCO Investments is an independent global private markets investment specialist headquartered in Germany with offices in Switzerland, Spain and Luxembourg. The group manages close to 11 billion euros in capital commitments from institutional investors and invests across the asset classes of infrastructure, private equity, and private debt.
Disclaimer
This is a marketing advertisement. The YIELCO Metzler Infrastruktur IV fund described in the communication is currently in pre-marketing in accordance with Article 30a of EU Directive 2011/61/EU of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and is therefore not yet open for subscriptions. AlterDomus Management Company S.A. has been appointed as potential AIFM of the fund. The aforementioned funds are only offered to professional investors within the meaning of Annex II of Directive 2014/65/EU (MIFID II) and semi-professional investors in accordance with Section 330 of the German Investment Code (KAGB). Investments in alternative investment funds are highly illiquid and entail a high level of risk. The targeted high returns may not be achieved. The value of an investment can fall as well as rise. There is a risk of a total loss of the invested capital.
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