BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed to support the launch of Infranity’s Horizon Infrastructure Strategies, a new European Long Term Investment Fund focusing on sustainable infrastructure with a broader investor base and complex operational needs.
BNP Paribas Securities Services has been appointed by Infranity, part of Generali Investments, to support the launch of Horizon Infrastructure Strategies, a new open-ended evergreen European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) domiciled in France, according to a report by Asset Servicing Times. BNP Paribas will provide a comprehensive suite of private capital services for the fund, including depositary, custody, fund administration, loan administration and middle-office services. The mandate brings to 12 the number of Infranity funds serviced by BNP Paribas, representing more than €3.41 billion of assets under custody and administration, the report said.
Infranity is a specialist asset manager focused on sustainable infrastructure assets and is backed by the Generali Group. According to Infranity’s website, the firm concentrates on investments that combine resilient cash flows with positive social and environmental outcomes, spanning sectors from energy and green mobility to digital infrastructure and social infrastructure.
Dominique Bellec, chief operating officer of Infranity, described the new fund as “a major step in our development by providing private investors with access to our infrastructure investment strategies through strategic partnerships with unit-linked product distributors and wealth managers,” telling Asset Servicing Times that “By combining agility and innovation, BNP?Paribas is contributing to the success of this project, delivering expert support and value-added technical solutions.”
Laurent Durdilly, global head of private capital solutions, Securities Services, BNP Paribas, said the appointment underscores the bank’s push deeper into private capital and hybrid fund lifecycles, adding that “Infranity’s investment strategies, which focus on key social topics such as energy transition, green mobility, digital transition, and social infrastructure, are aligned with BNP Paribas’ commitment to sustainability. We look forward to a trusted collaboration, where we support Infranity in achieving its future ambitions and beyond,” as quoted by Asset Servicing Times.
The mandate follows a period of fundraising momentum at Infranity. The firm announced the successful launch of its fourth-generation senior infrastructure debt strategy with €425m of investor commitments, after closing the previous third-generation vintage at over €1.6bn, according to an Infranity statement. Those fundraising results underline investor appetite for infrastructure exposures that combine yield and long-term, sustainability-linked cash flows.
Industry providers such as BNP Paribas have been positioning suites of connectivity and private capital services to serve hybrid fund structures and longer-dated vehicle types such as ELTIFs. BNP Paribas Securities Services’ client materials highlight integration with fintechs, market infrastructure and data providers to support complex operational lifecycles, a capability the bank says is critical for managers scaling open-ended and evergreen infrastructure strategies.
The new Horizon Infrastructure Strategies ELTIF aims to give a broader investor base, including private and retail channels accessed via distributors and wealth managers, exposure to established infrastructure platforms with growth potential and sustainability characteristics, according to the fund documentation and Infranity’s public materials. BNP Paribas’ role will be to operationalise governance, custody and administration across that lifecycle as the fund opens to investors.
- https://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/fundservicesarticle.php?article_id=17549 – Please view link – unable to able to access data
- https://funds-europe.com/bnp-paribas-ss-secures-infra-fund-mandate/ – BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS) has secured a mandate to provide asset servicing to an evergreen infrastructure fund managed by Infranity, a part of Generali Investments. The Horizon Infrastructure Strategies fund is an open-ended European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) domiciled in France and backed by the Generali Group. BNPPSS will offer a range of private capital services, including custody and depositary, fund and loan administration, and middle-office servicing. This is the twelfth Infranity fund serviced by BNPPSS, bringing the total assets under custody and administration to €3.41 billion.
- https://securities.cib.bnpparibas/bnp-paribas-securities-services-business-appointed-by-infranity-to-support-evergreen-infrastructure-fund-launch-in-france/ – BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business has been appointed by Infranity, part of Generali Investments, to support the launch of its Horizon Infrastructure Strategies, a new open-ended evergreen European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) in France. Infranity is an asset management company specialising in infrastructure investments. The fund, backed by the Generali Group, offers investors the opportunity to contribute to the development of established infrastructure platforms with growth potential that promote sustainability characteristics. BNP Paribas Securities Services provides Infranity with a comprehensive range of private capital services for this new fund, including depositary and custody, fund administration, loan administration, and middle-office services. With this additional mandate, the bank now services 12 of Infranity’s investment funds, representing a total volume of over €3.41 billion of assets under custody and administration.
- https://infranity.com/ – Infranity is a specialist asset management company dedicated to investing in sustainable and resilient infrastructure assets and businesses. United by a simple vision: we aim to develop and positively impact the economic growth and more broadly societies of the countries we invest in, while delivering stable, long-term value to our clients.
- https://infranity.com/news/infranity-achieves-successful-launch-of-its-new-4th-generation-senior-infrastructure-debt-strategy-with-e425m-of-investor-commitments/ – Infranity, a highly specialized and large European infrastructure manager, part of the Generali Investments’ ecosystem of asset management firms, is delighted to communicate the successful launch of the fourth generation of its Senior Infrastructure Debt strategy. Having recently closed the previous third generation vintage with over €1.6bn, comfortably exceeding its initial target of €1.5bn last summer, Infranity has already launched its fourth vintage which has attracted €425m of commitment. We are delighted to see a number of investors in the new fund that are recurring investors from previous vintages and we wish to thank them for their ongoing trust.
- https://securities.cib.bnpparibas/beyond/connectivity/ – Securities Services goes beyond a single platform or one-size-fits-all approach. We offer adaptive asset servicing solutions to fit our clients’ current infrastructure and future ambitions. Through our connectivity to industry-leading fintechs, market infrastructure, data providers and tech platforms we enable clients to go beyond traditional industry siloes.
- https://infranity.com/our-stategies/ – Infranity is a pure play asset management company that provides attractive infrastructure investment solutions. Multiple strategies are run in parallel with the goal of meeting a wide variety of clients objectives. All our strategies follow deeply rooted ESG principles and exclusively focus on real infrastructure assets, Infranity’s core expertise. The investment solutions that we shape benefit from the wide scope of opportunities presented by the infrastructure sector, ranging from solar farms to fiber networks as well as a wide array of instruments across the capital structure.
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