Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Join the Infrastructure Debt Forum, part of the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, and connect with global investors, issuers, and developers to explore how debt is providing security and opportunity for forward-thinking investors.
Find out about investor appetite for lending in the private infrastructure world on 23 March.
Key themes include:
- Retreating banks and lack of liquidity? How the debt market is shaping up amidst high interest rates
- Accessing opportunities in an era of transformation for project financing
- Working towards standardisation for infrastructure debt funds when it comes to sustainability
- How equity players are faring as they cross-over to credit and its impact on the debt market
Advance your fundraising
Connect with a global audience of investors looking to allocate to infrastructure debt and benefit from focused networking with the right people.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Explore why infrastructure debt may be considered the new core infrastructure class, how debt managers can improve their ESG integration and much more.
Save time building your network
Set up pre-event meetings and continue the conversation after the Summit with your membership to the Infrastructure Investor Network. Gain access to 2,000+ investors and managers globally.
Part of the Global Summit
The Infrastructure Debt Forum is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place across four days and include six forums. From ESG to emerging markets, the Summit is your best opportunity to connect with the world’s investors, learn from inspirational speakers and stay at the forefront of the infrastructure market.
Six specialist forums
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Then you may be eligible for a complimentary pass, please apply here and a member of our team will be in touch.
New for 2023, the Investor Council is a space for investors to come together and share peer-to-peer insights, learn from leading investors and more.
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Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
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- High-profile branding
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For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
For more information or if you are interested in speaking at the Infrastructure Debt Forum, please contact James Hatwell.
james.hatwell@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3994 7961
Agenda
Infrastructure Debt Forum 2023 - Thursday 23rd
Investor council breakfast & welcome
Infrastructure debt forum begins – Chair’s welcome

Opening panel: How are investors combating and overcoming outside pressures?
- From low to high in a heartbeat: how are debt funds coping with the inflationary environment?
- Impact of rising interest rates and continuing geopolitical instability
- Resilience, revenues, and refinancing: considerations for various infrastructure assets
Moderator: Hans-Peter Dohr, Founder & Managing Director, Institutional Capital Associates (ICA)





Jean-Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK
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Assessing the state of play in credit: what’s on offer for borrowers and investors?
- Liquidity leaving, bank caution and more: what is the state of current intermediation between banks, sponsors and funds in the financing space?
- How will this develop in the near future and what does it mean for other stakeholders in the market?
- Why might these prove favourable conditions for private and institutional investors to increase their exposure to infrastructure debt?
Moderator: Alex Koriath, Head of European Pension Practice, Regional Head of Germany, Cambridge Associates
How are debt funds and investors grappling with constantly evolving sustainability developments
- Deciphering how different transactions across different sectors are performing when it comes to ESG requirements
- How can debt funds better communicate to LPs whether certain transactions are compliant under articles 8 and 9?
- Standardisation – the answer to overcoming SFDR, taxonomy and other increasing regulatory disclosure requirements?
Moderator: Agnes Mazurek, Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group






Coffee and networking with Energy Transition forum attendees
Debate: Merits and risks of junior mezzanine vs senior secured debt
- What’s the smartest play in the current environment?
- Assessing access to opportunity for both sides in the market
- What is the best balance for savvy institutional and private investors looking to diversify their portfolio?
Moderator: Monika Bednarz, Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory






Presentation: Case Study – The Benefits of Private Infrastructure Credit in a Challenging Economic Environment
- Certainty of execution for project developers / sponsors
- Better terms and relative value for institutional investors
- Access to proprietary origination that protects allocations
Erik Savi, Partner and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit, The Carlyle Group

LP interview: optimising your debt portfolio in turbulent times
Networking lunch with Energy Transition forum attendees
Digital and data infrastructure assets to the fore for credit investors
- Assessing the transformation of the digital infrastructure financing space in recent years
- How have debt investors embraced digital infrastructure funds since the pandemic?
- Quality assets, specialisation and creative structuring: the keys to success for lenders
Moderator: Agnes Mazurek, Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group






Financing the energy transition
- Debt funds’ role amongst equity funds in the global energy transition and path to net zero
- Marking out your roadmap: where do the best opportunities lie across assets, regions and strategies
- Impact of pricing variation & regulation on energy and power assets for debt investments
Moderator: Johnnie Barnett, Partner, The New Amsterdam Group
Audience roundtables
- Emerging market debt opportunities – facilitated by Aneliya Erdly, External Advisor, BAC Green Energy
- Sector discussion: digital, energy, social, logistics & more – facilitated by Matias Sottile, Managing Director, Ayres Partners
- ESG & sustainability: GP & LP challenges – facilitated by
M. Nicolas Firzli, Director, World Pensions Council
Closing comments from the chair

Close of Infrastructure Debt forum

Karen Azoulay
Head of Real Assets, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

Johnnie Barnett
Partner, The New Amsterdam Group

Monika Bednarz
Executive Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory

Timo Buijs
Director, Project Finance Digital Infrastructure, ABN AMRO

Jorge Camina
Partner & Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit, Denham Capital

Florence Carasse
Head of Infrastructure Debt, Pension Insurance Corporation

Lucy Dale
Director, BlackRock

Stéphane Delatte
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Pierfront Capital

Mustafa Dincer
Founder and Partner, MD Advisors

Hans-Peter Dohr
Founder & Managing Director, ICA - Institutional Capital Associates

Frank Dornseifer
Managing Director, Bundesverband Alternative Investments

Jean-Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK

Manuel Dusina
Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

Aneliya Erdly
External Advisor , BAC Green Energy

Claus Fintzen
Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors

Nicolas Firzli
Director-General, World Pensions Council (WPC)

Stefan Futschik
Managing Director, Head of Private Debt, Prime Capital AG

Severin Hiller
Co-Head of Infrastructure Debt, Rivage Investment

Sacha Kamp
Managing Director, Infranity

Kashif Khan
Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

Alex Koriath
Head of European Pension Practice, Regional Head of Germany, Cambridge Associates

Magdalena Kowalska
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group

Pierre-Antoine Machelon
Managing Director in charge of the energy transition infrastructure activity, Eiffel Investment Group

Agnes Mazurek
Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group

Laurence Monnier
Director, 1PlanetInfra

Chris Purcell
Investment Director, Debt Investments, IFM Investors

Christopher Quayle
Executive Director, DC Advisory

Daniel Roddick
Founder, Ely Place Partners

David Rosenblum
Credit Fund Partner, I Squared Capital

Vivek Sapra
Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management

Thibault Sauvage
Senior Director, Infrastructure debt, CDPQ

Erik Savi
Partner and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit, The Carlyle Group

Markus Schaen
Principal Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MN

Matias Sottile
Managing Partner, Ayres Partners

Nicholas Stockdale
Partner & Head of Europe, Infrastructure Debt, QIC

Michael Suppan
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Claudio Vescovo
Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition Credit Funds, Glennmont Partners from Nuveen

Stefan Wala
Head of Origination, Kommunalkredit Austria AG
