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SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management – Infrastructure debt’s defensive features still underpin continued investor interest
JUNE 2, 2022

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SPONSORED: UBS Asset Management – Infrastructure debt’s defensive features still underpin continued investor interest

by Jennifer Babcock

Infrastructure’s resilience during times of economic stress and its outperformance when public fixed income is delivering low returns have continued to attract investment dollars as the market has expanded during the past decade. A sponsored report by Declan O’Brien, head of Infrastructure Research & Strategy for UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets, examines how the sector has evolved in Europe during that time, with greater diversity in its underlying assets, and the relative recovery and performance of those underlying subsectors through the pandemic. “The asset class is well placed to enable the decarbonization of energy and transport sectors,” notes O’Brien. “It can also provide important social and economic benefits to an economy, such as providing fiber to the rural economy or healthcare services.” To access a pdf of the Sponsored Section, which was published in the June issue of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure,

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