Are infrastructure fund managers adequately measuring covid's impact on their portfolios?

Open-ended funds are dependent on external valuations, including manager performance fees, and listed infrastructure is valued in real time. We look at whether closed-end funds are rolling valuations forward and adequately testing them against external benchmarks.

Day 1

Agenda

Valuations Deep Dive - Wednesday 24th

Valuations Deep Dive
10:00 - 10:05

Welcome from Infrastructure Investor and an overview of the Global Passport schedule

10:05 - 10:30

Speed Networking

Get to know your fellow Passport holders via our quickfire 4-minute speed networking sessions. Participate in a series of randomly generated meetings to help you meet your peers. Follow up afterwards via the Passport directory to continue the conversation.

10:30 - 11:20

Has the market accurately assessed valuations through the pandemic?

Adam Smallman, Serkan Bahçeci, Annette Bannister, Frederic Blanc-Brude, Colin Simpson

Panel Session

  • Fair value, cash flows and risk premia: The impact of Covid on each component and what it means for asset performance.
  • Long-term cash flows and present value: can investors ignore short term fluctuations in valuations in illiquid assets?
  • Is infrastructure expensive now? Should it be?

 

Moderator: Adam Smallman, Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media Group

Adam Smallman, PEI

Adam Smallman

Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media

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Serkan Bahçeci

Partner and Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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Annette Bannister, MetLife

Annette Bannister

Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management

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Frederic Blanc-Brude

Director, EDHECinfra and CEO, Scientific Infra

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Colin Simpson

Head of Asset Management, GLIL Infrastructure

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11:20 - 11:50

Meet the speakers Q&A and networking

Discuss the topic with the speakers and put your questions to them face-to-face

11:50 - 11:50

Close of Deep Dive

Deep Dive speakers:

Serkan Bahçeci

Partner and Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Annette Bannister, MetLife

Annette Bannister

Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management

Frederic Blanc-Brude

Director, EDHECinfra and CEO, Scientific Infra

Colin Simpson

Head of Asset Management, GLIL Infrastructure

Adam Smallman, PEI

Adam Smallman

Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media