BERLIN, GERMANY – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 March 2024 – Queensland Investment Company (QIC) this week participated in the annual Infrastructure Investor International Summit which took residing in Berlin from 18-21 March 2024. A orderly contingent from QIC’s London, Original York and Australian workplaces were in attendance for what’s basically the most fascinating infrastructure investment gathering each and each twelve months.

Kirsten Whitehead, Accomplice, QIC Infrastructure spoke on the outlet keynote panel “Embracing Infrastructure’s Key Strengths in a Aggravating Atmosphere” which focused on finding relative worth, the importance of partnerships, worth preservation and worth advent.

She described the necessity to bolster asset resilience to native climate risk as no longer lawful prudent nonetheless ‘pivotal’ for sustainable progress, and emphasised Australia’s compelling energy transition panorama.

“Australia is an even infrastructure investment vacation jam with a stable and beginning economic system, prosperous in significant minerals, appropriate swap ties, and a pipeline of objective infrastructure investment opportunities,” talked about Ms Whitehead. “With portfolio companies including some of Australia’s main renewable energy and sustainable off grid energy solutions companies, we own got the most critical feature to play in Australia’s energy transition which is able to should always be delivered by a decentralised resolution.”

On the panel, Ms Whitehead also talked about that critical opportunities lie in the intersection between decarbonisation and other key thematics corresponding to decentralisation and digitisation. “When brooding about these opportunities in an Australian context, they converge to shape an broad opportunity residing.”

Arash Shojaie, Senior Necessary, QIC Infrastructure also shared insights on a panel called “Investing in Energy: Opportunities in Infrastructure created by the Transition” which lined macro impacts corresponding to deglobalisation on the energy transition agenda and decarbonising the economic system past lawful renewables.

“Advances in renewable energy and storage applied sciences own resulted in an evolution of the electrical energy ecosystem with a vary of investment opportunities from renewable energy era to transmission, ancillary infrastructure products and companies, storage, distribution, user needs, electric transport and further,” talked about Mr Shojaie on the panel. “Basically the critical narrate is how we combine and sequence the available applied sciences and functions that enable the energy transition; and a number of the very best ways coverage makers and capital allocators raise these parts together.”

Diversified issues that arose in the future of the summit incorporated funding the energy transition. As companies and governments all a number of the very best ways by the enviornment residing ambitious targets for carbon reduction, one among the key hurdles to achieving these targets is securing financing. This is why, the realm shift to renewable energy is one among the most critical themes using new deal circulation for QIC’s voice infrastructure lending programme.

As correctly as, the relative worth of junior infrastructure debt is at the moment objective given its efficiency in the macro atmosphere and the truly intensive level of transaction job taking place all a number of the very best ways by refinancing, growth capex necessities and M&A activities.

QIC deploys a thematic infrastructure investment approach, focusing on the key themes of decarbonisation, deglobalisation, decentralisation and an ageing inhabitants. Its sector-centric investment focal point is on Energy and Utilities, Transport and Social and Healthcare.
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About QIC Infrastructure

QIC is a lengthy-timeframe infrastructure investor with an established worldwide platform, an lively administration advance and a sturdy 17-twelve months note record. With an worldwide group of 84 professionals all a number of the very best ways by 5 workplaces, QIC Infrastructure manages A$32.8bn (US$22.4bn) all a number of the very best ways by 22 worldwide voice investments and has realised in far extra than A$15.2bn aid to its purchasers. QIC manages A$7.1bn in Australian energy sources all a number of the very best ways by the energy worth chain (as at 31 December 2023).

About QIC Private Debt

QIC Private Debt offers institutional merchants exposure to a quantity of debt investments all a number of the very best ways by infrastructure (inside of the OECD), and corporate, asset-backed securities and precise property sectors (in Australia/Original Zealand). Established in 2021, QIC Private Debt now has over US$1bn of sources below administration and committed capital, atomize up all a number of the very best ways by Multi-Sector Private Debt (~US$600m) and Private Debt Infrastructure (~US$400m) choices (as at 31 December 2023).

About QIC

QIC is a lengthy-timeframe specialist manager in probably picks offering infrastructure, precise property, private capital, liquid suggestions and multi-asset investments. It’s one among basically the most fascinating institutional investment managers in Australia, with A$106bn (US$72.5bn) in funds below administration. QIC has over 900 workers and serves approximately 115 purchasers. Headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, QIC also has workplaces in Sydney, Melbourne, Original York, San Francisco, London and Singapore (as at 31 December 2023). For added files, please consult with: www.qic.com

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