Melbourne, 28 October 2019 – Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund – Core rated VERY STRONG
Australia Ratings Analytics (Australia Ratings) has assigned an investment rating of ‘VERY STRONG’ to the Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund – Core (the Fund). A Product Complexity Indicator of ‘YELLOW’ has also been assigned to designate the view that the Fund is a COMPLEX financial product indicating that the Fund has an absolute return objective and that the underlying assets/funds are unlisted and illiquid.
A rating of VERY STRONG is the second highest rating on the investment rating scale used by Australia Rating. A VERY STRONG investment rating indicates a very strong conviction that the Fund can deliver a risk-adjusted return in line with the Fund’s investment objective.
The Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund – Core is managed by IPIF Management Pty Limited, founded by Nicole Connolly in 2014. The Fund is a unique offering providing investors exposure - through a Fund of Fund (FoF) structure - to a well-diversified portfolio of unlisted infrastructure assets featuring Australia’s major airports (including Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, etc.), TransGrid, South East Water and the Sydney Desalination Plant among other investments. Due to their size, such assets are typically only accessible to large institutional investors such as pooled superannuation funds.
Since its inception, the Fund has focused on investing in well-established unlisted infrastructure funds and building an exposure to mature, cash-generating assets with a balanced mix of regulated and inflation linked investments.
Australia Ratings’ analyst, Dragana Timotijevic, said “The rating reflects the quality of the underlying assets and IPIF Management Limited’s expertise in managing unlisted infrastructure investments.” She added “the rating also indicates the high level of confidence Australia Ratings has that the Fund will continue to deliver a stable and uncorrelated return relative to equity markets”.
The Fund makes semi-annual distributions, targeting net of fees returns of 3.5% over the 10 Year Government Bond Rate. As at August 31 2019, the Fund had around $133mn funds under management.
An abridged version of the research report is available from www.australiaratings.com. For a copy of the full report please contact Daniel Antman at daniel.antman@australiaratings.com or Jonathan van Rooyen at jonathan@ipif.com.au.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Dragana Timotijevic, Director, at dragana.timotijevic@australiaratings.com or 03 8080 6684
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