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Macquarie recognised the appeal of infrastructure as an asset class as early as 1990 and has become a global leader in the creation and management of specialised funds which focus on infrastructure and adjacent sectors. Macquarie has grown to be a leading private infrastructure investor globally. Today, Macquarie manages over €36 billion of equity through more than 30 listed and unlisted vehicles investing into toll roads, airports, communications infrastructure, renewable energy, utilities, transport, directory services and social infrastructure.
Macquarie manages more than 115 infrastructure assets in over 25 countries. Macquarie-managed businesses supply water to 11.1 million households, have more than 80 million passengers per annum who travel via its airports and over 2 million cars that pass its toll roads every day. Therefore Macquarie has unrivalled experience in the long-term reliable and responsible operation of sensitive community assets. In particular, Macquarie brings extensive experience of operating within established regulated markets. Macquarie does not require complete control and often manages assets in cooperation with public partners.
In recent years Macquarie has launched three European infrastructure funds which have raised €7.35 billion in total. Investors in the funds are pension funds and other institutional investors, as well as private investors including 12,500 German individuals.
Key to the success of Macquarie’s specialist funds is the close relationship with Macquarie’s sector-focused corporate finance and advisory teams which provide Macquarie with a constant stream of attractive investment opportunities. Its investments in Europe include Brussels and Copenhagen Airports, water supplier Thames Water (UK), toll roads Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone (France) and M6 Toll (UK) and gas distribution network Wales & West Utilities (UK).
Infrastructure in Germany
Macquarie considers Germany to be one of its future core markets in Europe. The Group wants to invest in Germany within all sectors of its core expertise: roads, airports, energy and telecommunications as well as social infrastructure.
To date, Macquarie has made the following investments in Germany:
- Warnow Tunnel - The Warnow Tunnel was Germany's first Public Private Partnership infrastructure project, designed to relieve congestion in the City of Rostock.
- TanQuid - TanQuid is the largest independent oil and chemical storage company in Germany.
- Techem AG - Techem is an energy services company which provides energy and water billing services to about 8.1 million homes and has about 43.4 million metering devices installed across Europe.
- GWE - Established in 1994, GWE provides decentralised energy supply solutions for electricity, heating and cooling for industrial organisations and hospitals.
Committed long-term investor
As a responsible infrastructure investor, Macquarie aims to make long-term investments in quality assets that provide essential services to the community. Macquarie supports the growth of its portfolio companies with a team of more than 800 world-class infrastructure specialists.
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