MEAG Infrastructure
Debt Fund I


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The first MEAG infrastructure debt fund "MEAG Infrastructure Debt Fund I" was able to acquire institutional investors from Germany and abroad. It initially aimed to generate an investment volume of EUR 500 m. But by the final closing in July 2019 that figure was EUR 661 m. The fund was issued on the Luxembourg platform of Universal Investment and offers a broad diversity of investments with an optimised risk/return profile in this asset class.

Fund characteristics

  • Stable and plannable returns over the entire fund duration
  • Realisation of a premium through illiquidity, complexity and high market-entry barriers that enable attractive additional returns to be gained compared to similar investment options 
  • Plannable capital inflows, as capital calls and repayments are known in advance
  • Detailed insights into the projects enable precise analysis and evaluation of the risks before and during the investment term
  • Diversification of the investment and reduction of the dependency on market risks
  • Investments in projects with an important contribution to society

Fund and portfolio structure

Closing 1st closing 12/2018,
2nd (final) closing 7/2019
Fund volume EUR 661 m
Investors Homogeneous investor group
comprising insurance companies and pension funds
Currency EUR
Duration 11 – 13 years
Coupons Fixed rate (largely) / Floaters
Quality goal BBB/ BBB- (RSU; avg. rating)

Opportunities and riks

Opportunities

  • Stable and plannable returns over the entire fund duration
  • Realisation of a premium through illiquidity, complexity and high market-entry barriers
  • Attractive additional returns to be gained compared to similar fixed-interest investment options
  • Detailed insights into the projects enable precise analysis and evaluation of the risks before and during the investment term

Risks

  • Slow build-up of the fund's investment portfolio because of the limited availability of suitable investment projects
  • Default/Creditworthiness risk of issuers due to liquidity bottlenecks
  • Investments in bonds are influenced by the interest and currency rates and inflation trends that can have a temporary detrimental effect on the fund's market value
  • Counterparty risk: An insolvency of institutes that provide services or that are counterparties in other contractual agreements can lead to financial losses for the fund

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