paolo scordino
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Sustainable Infrastructure Investing - The new fixed income?
Paolo Scordino
Chief Executive Officer
Zurich - November 15th, 2013
Strictly confidential
Infrastructure Market & Sustainable Projects
The OECD forecast that global infrastructure
investment requirement by 2030 for transport,
electricity generation, transmission and
distribution, water and telecommunications will
be $70 trillion (€50 trillion)
Infrastructure Projects are the core of the
European plan to drag the “old continent” from
one of the most intensive periods of crisis.
During the last months we have assisted at a
strong impetus by the government of
different European Countries to attract private
investments in the infrastructure sector through
ad hoc legislation.
New Fixed Income products based on
infrastructure projects could attract large
institutional investors (i.e. Project Bond).
The concept of sustainability is a confluence of
solutions that support environmental as well
as social and economic needs and benefits —
the so-called "triple bottom line" goal.
The engineering profession has been delivering
technically superior solutions to meet Society'
needs and to protect the environment.
In recent years, there has been growing
recognition of:
finiteness of natural resource bases
increasing demands for services by a growing
population
need to support aging infrastructure
higher levels of regulatory requirements
limitations on funding sources for critical and
necessary infrastructure investments.
INFRASTRUTURE MARKET SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Over the next 10 years Europe will need a huge injection of capital into the continent’s
infrastructure network
The European Commission estimates an investment requirement of €1.5 trillion and €2 trillion by
the year 2020
A Sizeble Market
EU INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET
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6%
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18%
An Attractive Market
34% of institutional investors in
infrastructure are pension funds.
Social and responsible Investments
One of the rare asset classes capable of offering high
quality long term predictable and stable cash flows
Long term nature of investments allows for a
matching of investors’ long term liabilities
New investment products to attract institutional
investors (i.e. Project Bond)
Superior risk-adjusted return based on low default
and high recovery rates
Low correlation to other corporate loans investment
strategies, offering valuable diversification
Favorable market conditions and timing for
institutional investors to enter the market
WHY TO INVEST WHO INVEST
Banks have dramatically decreased their available lending capacity due to the increased capital costs
Large market in need of significant debt supply which historical traditional lenders are no longer capable
of providing
Outside the bank financing there are new providers and instruments for infrastructure debt
During the last months we have assisted at a strong impetus by the government of different European
Countries to attract private investments in the infrastructure sector through ad hoc legislation
“Project Bonds” and Debt Products are a very interesting asset class for investors with a long term
horizon and keen on stable cash flows
Key investors for those instruments are: Insurance Companies, Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Fund:
Margins on infrastructure debt are at a historically high point and will remain elevated for the foreseeable
future due to regulatory pressures faced by the banking community
Power is in the hands of the debt providers: Opportunities to negotiate debt tranches with better
covenant and security packages, as well as interest rate and amortization profiles suited to the
institutional investors community
Asset class with strong attributes complementing institutional investors fixed-income investment
portfolios
Fixed Income and Infrastructure InvestmentsKey movements in the infrastructure debt market
Make a Project development Sustainable
Lead with creative, positive and SUSTAINABLE solutionsLead with creative, positive and SUSTAINABLE solutions
Developing a corporate sustainability cultureDeveloping a corporate sustainability culture
Engage investors, as asset manager, making themaware of the importance of the impact. Negativeimpact creates risk that far exceeds any possibletolerance (lawsuits, regulatory risk, reputational risk)
Engage investors, as asset manager, making themaware of the importance of the impact. Negativeimpact creates risk that far exceeds any possibletolerance (lawsuits, regulatory risk, reputational risk)
Building a teams that will develop tomorrow’sinfrastructure
Building a teams that will develop tomorrow’sinfrastructure
Prelios SGR & Reneweable Energies Projects
Project Renewable Assets
Obton Fund
The project consists in the setting up of a new real estate fund specializing in
investments in the renewable energy sector and reserved to qualified investors.
First contribution of 19 plants, already implemented and financed, connected to the
electrical grid and benefiting from the government incentive tariffs.
The assets are currently owned by TerniEnergia and have a total value of approx. €
75 million with a debt level of approx. 76% (€ 58 million).
The investment pipeline, expected the contribution, during the first half of 2014,
additional plants for approx. € 120 million financed at 74% approx. (€ 89 million).
Following the transfer, Terni will be the conductor of the assets, and will place the
units to third parties.
Obton is an Italian closed ended real estate fund reserved to qualified investors(Ministerial Decree 228/1999).The Fund invests primarily in real estate assets and real property rights on real estate,
functional to the production of electricity from renewable energy sources.
The Fund investment strategy provides a leverage of 70%, in line with the
provisions of the Rules of the Fund (maximum level of debt permitted up to 90% of
the real estate), and a minimum target yield of the Fund in terms of IRR equal to
10%. The target size of the Fund's investments is set at approximately € 50 million
(approx. 15 MW) and the duration of the fund is equal to 21 years.
Prelios SGR
Prelios SGR (90% Prelios, 10% Intesa Sanpaolo) is one of the leading real estate asset
management companies in Italy.
The company is active in promoting, setting up and managing real estate investment
funds, in real estate advisory and in third-party separate account management.
Prelios SGR currently manages 23 funds1, of which two are listed in the MIV segment
of the Milan Stock Exchange.
As of June 2013, it has total AUM2 of ~ €3.8 Bn and NAV of ~ €1.5 Bn.
It has a successful track record with best in class results.
o Average Dividend Yield3 for ordinary funds of about 7%
o Average Internal Rate of Return (IRR)3 for ordinary funds of approximately 9%
The company subscribes to high standards of transparency, governance and risk
management.
Prelios SGR has received the certification for Quality Management System, ISO 9001:
2008, from the independent certification body, IMQ, confirming the SGR’s continuing
commitment to international best practice.
AUM BREAK DOWN BY TYPE OF FUND
1 Prelios SGR also manages a third-party separate account
2 Total AUM includes a third-party SPV, managed by Prelios SGR
3 From initial date of operation to June 30th 2013
Prelios Group
As of 30/06/2013, the Prelios Group has Assets Under Management of approximately €9.5 Bn
(including NPL of approximately €1 Bn) with assets localized in Italy and Germany
Through independent operating companies, the Prelios Group is the first platform for real estate finance and
specialty services for the management and value enhancement of third-party portfolios.
*Includes a start-up Asset Management business unit**Includes Facility Management services
COMMERCIAL
Servicesfor commercialportfolios
ITALY* PRELIOS PL
CREDITSERVICING
Managementof performing&non-performingloans
SGR
Real estatefundmanagement
INTEGRA**
Integratedpropertymanagementservices
AGENCY
Real estatebrokerageand advisory
VALUATIONS
Valuationsand real estatetrading portal
PRELIOS DE
RESIDENTIAL
Servicesfor residentialportfolios
RE SERVICES
Integratedpropertymanage-mentservices
INTEGRATED SERVICES ITALY RE SERVICES GERMANY
Shareholder Base after Capital Increase (main shareholders)1
AssicurazioniGenerali
Camfin Mediobanca
Intesa SanPaolo2 Other3 Feidos 112
Market
Unicredit2
Industrial Shareholders
Financial Shareholders
Shareholders already in
Prelios Group Shareholder Structure
Below, a glance at the current shareholder structure of the Company after the capital increase:
Pirelli2
10.4% 2.2% 1.8%
19% 15.5% 7.4% 9.7% 8.5%
25.5%
(1) Based on the economic stake and without assuming the impact of potential further debt conversion in equity.
(2) Stake owned also through the vehicle, “Fenice,” which holds 19.8%, represented by non-voting share capital.
(3) Includes the Italian banks BPM (2.9%), BPS (1.1%), MPS (2.9%), UBI (0.6%), BPER (1.1%), CARIGE (1.1%).
Insurance companiesFinancial institutions,
foundations, sovereign wealthfunds and investment funds
Institutions, pension funds,public bodies
Main Institutional Investors
Quality Management Certification ISO 9001:2008
Prelios SGR recently received the ISO 9001:2008 certification for Quality
Management Systems from the independent accreditation body, the IMQ. It
confirms the company’s continuous commitment to international best
practice.
In compliance with the certification standards, SGR has adopted rules and
practices for ensuring:
• Best client satisfaction
• Best market competitiveness
• Improved, effective communication and product development processes
• The application of ISO quality management principles of continual
improvements in management systems and processes, and the use
of quality indicators
… And Recognition
• CLARICE FUND: PRIZE WINNER AT THE IPD EUROPEAN PROPERTY INVESTMENT AWARDS 2011
• Clarice Fund – Light Industrial, a real estate fund established by private contribution, was the 2011 winner
for Italy for the Specialist Fund Awards, for the highest yield recorded over the last three years to date.
• CLOE FUND: PRIZE WINNER AT THE IPD EUROPEAN PROPERTY INVESTMENT AWARDS 2010
• Cloe, a real estate fund established by private contribution, was the prize winner for Italy for the Specialist
Fund Awards, for achieving the highest yield recorded over the last three years to date.
• FIPRS FUND: PRIZE WINNER AT THE IPD EUROPEAN PROPERTY INVESTMENT AWARDS 2012
• FIPRS, Fondo Immobiliare Pubblico Regione Siciliana, a real estate fund established by contribution of
public properties, received the Specialist Fund Award for achieving the highest yield recorded over the last
three years to date.