Finding quality niches for infrastructure investments

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Finding quality niches for infrastructure investments

As the world races to rebuild its energy foundations, MPC Capital is finding strength in specialisation – investing in the overlooked niches of Europe’s decentralised infrastructure market to unlock stable, long-term value for institutional clients

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Interview with: Christian Schwenkenbecher, Chief client officer, MPC Capital

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One of the fears of pension fund investment managers as they strive to deliver the UK government’s targets for investment into infrastructure and other large-scale private assets is that quality assets will quickly be snapped up. Exploring niches offers a solution to that challenge.

Energy infrastructure provides one such opportunity, says Christian Schwenkenbecher, chief client officer of MPC Capital, which works with institutional investors to access structural growth opportunities in the maritime and energy infrastructure markets. With the growing importance of energy security within a more de-centralised energy infrastructure, especially in Europe, there are some exciting prospects.

“Our approach to energy infrastructure investments focuses on generation assets such as onshore wind, solar PV as well as storage. We focus on structuring and securing long-term cash flows primarily through corporate offtake structures, allowing us to take an active role as a vertically integrated investor, ensuring we remain close to the underlying asset. Going forward we will be