Title: Infrastructure: A Perfect Storm
1Infrastructure A Perfect Storm
- Lara OConnor Hodgson
- Insomnia, LLC
- January 2008
2Table of Contents
- Definitions
- The Situation
- The Opportunity
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3Infrastructure Definition
- The facilities, systems and real assets that
enable and sustain economic activity and quality
of life - Economic Infrastructure operating facilities,
systems in which the asset provides the service
inherently through storage, handling and
distribution. Generally Funded by user-based
fees - Utilities Water, Gas, Electricity,
telecommunication - Alternative Energy - wind, solar
- Transportation of people, goods and services
(roads, bridges, airports, seaports, ferry,
cruise, barge, auto, rail, truck bus, parking,
storage, logistics systems, fee-based delivery
systems) - Alternative Communication (satellite, Fee-based
Delivery logistics) - Social Infrastructure operating facilities
which enable the delivery of social services.
Generally funded by tax revenue or tax-based
subsidies - Buildings (Education, Healthcare, Leisure,
Housing, Govt Office, Judicial, Safety
Security, Commerce) - Parks recreation
- Waste
- metering
- By nature enjoys a monopoly and thus returns are
long term and stable
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4PPP in Transit - Definitions
- Form of Procurement
- Private entity is responsible and financially
liable for performing all or multiple functions
of a project - Private partner has the opportunity to earn
financial return commensurate with the risks it
assumes - Risk may be assumed in form of equity investment,
liability for indebtedness, fixed price contract - Joint Development, TOD
- Access to additional capital operating revenue
via receipt of lease payments, access fees,
increased fare revenue, direct private sector
funding of access facilities
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5PPP in Transit
- Build-Own-Operate
- Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain
- Design-Build-Finance-Operate
- Build-Operate-Transfer
- Design-Build-Operate-Maintain
- Design-Build
Private Sector Role
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6The Situation/ The Need
Civilizations are built sustained by the
quality of their infrastructure.
- 2008 marks a major tipping point in the world
1 out of every 2 people on the planet will live
in cities - Developed countries are crumbling while
developing countries are building future shift
of global competitive advantage!
Demand
Traditional Supply
- Governments (all levels) ability to fund
infrastructure through taxes is declining
- The world is awash in capital looking for secure
assets 50 funds in 5 years, 250B capital
New
The Opportunity is to Connect the Dots
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7The Need Quantified
- Projected funding gap for infrastructure in the
US is 1.6 Trillion over the next five years - Much of this is just to maintain and repair an
aging infrastructure that no longer meets the
needs of how our culture lives - Asias infrastructure needs are approximately 1
Trillion over the next five years according to
the World Bank
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8Infrastructure and Real Estate
- Real Estate underlies all operating facilities
and systems - Real Estate value is linked to facilities and
systems. Ownership structure may determine value
to public entity - Surrounding real estate values are impacted by
infrastructure
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9Infrastructure Real Estate
Opportunity Investment
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10Infrastructure Investors
- Institutional Investors
- Private Equity Funds
- Infrastructure Funds
- Insurance Companies
- Endowment Funds
- Why?
- Portfolio Diversification
- Stable, Long-term Returns
- High Barriers to entry and natural monopolies
drive stability low sensitivity to economic
environmental changes
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11Infrastructure Investment Vehicles
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Economic Infrastructure Private sector can
- Securitize operating cash flows
- Create demand - demand variability and pricing
can impact revenue - Realize significant residual value
- Benefit from depreciation
- Note capital market liquidity is average
- Social Infrastructure Private sector can
- Securitize tax revenues with long-term contract
creating fixed returns - Provide recourse to credit allowing high leverage
- Note capital market liquidity is high
- Privatization
- Infrastructure Funds (Listed Unlisted)
- Project-based financing
- Asset-based financing
Direct Equity
Indirect Equity
Direct Debt
Indirect Debt
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12Infrastructure Investments
Real Estate Markets
Opportunity - Many players - Open or closed
funds - Development, vacancy risk - High leverage
(80) - Return Goals 18 net - Return Goals 13
gross - Short term 3 yrs
Value Add - Many players - Open or closed funds -
100M - 2B - Poorly managed asset - Med leverage
(50) - Return Goals 12-14 - Income (6-7)
- Capital Gains (6-7)
Core - Few players - Open ended funds - Stable -
Low leverage (lt20) - Long term - Return Goals
7-10 - Income (6-7) - Capital Gains
(1-3)
Infrastructure Markets
Greenfield Development - 18 IRR
Infrastructure - 30-yr return - 10 IRR
Value Add Return
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13Infrastructure Investors
100M-500M Equity
500M-1B Equity
1B Equity
- ING
- UBS
- The Carlyle Group
- HSBC
- Challenger
- LandSecurities
- NGP Energy
- QIC
- Local Funds
- NIBC
- AMP Capital Investors
- Prudential
- RREEF
- JP Morgan
- Morgan Stanley
- Merrill Lynch
- Global Infrastructure Partners
- Teachers
- Babcock Brown
- CPP Investment Board
- Macquarie
- Goldman Sachs
- Citi
- Brookfield
- GE
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14The Opportunity Think Big!
- Traditional thinking is to minimize scope to
secure funding - Individual projects or corridors may not be large
enough to interest private investors, may not
generate return on their own and have higher risk - Develop a Regional Plan and finance the entire
plan
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