Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc
AGM, 17 March 2023
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EGL's portfolio manager
Jean-Hugues de Lamaze
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc and the Ecofin Sustainable Listed Infrastructure UCITS Fund.
Joined Ecofin as Portfolio Manager in 2008. 33 years of experience in equities and utilities/infrastructure; 16 years as a specialist PM (Ecofin, UV Capital) and, previously, 17 years on the sell-side as a research analyst (Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Enskilda). Director of Direct Energie S.A., 2012-2019.
Education: INSEAD (Paris), Institut Superieur de Gestion (Paris), LLB from Paris II Assas University, CFAF (certified European financial analyst).
Ecofin
The bridge connecting ecology and finance
Ecofin is a sustainable investment firm founded in 1991 with $2.0 billion AUM.
Ecofin's objective is to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns as a specialist in global infrastructure and energy transition thematics.
Ecofin combines expertise across public and private equities, private debt as well as social impact investing.
Our London investment team is highly experienced and composed of individuals who have worked together for an average of 10 years.
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NAV and share price performance (total returns)
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Financial years (%) | From inception to 28 February 2023 (% p.a.) |
18 | ||||
14.0 | 16 | 15.5 | ||
12.5 | 14 | |||
12 | 10.8 | |||
10 | ||||
8 | ||||
6 | ||||
2.3 | 4 | |||
0.6 | 2 | |||
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F2022 | F2023 to date* | Since Admission in Sept 2016 | |||||
EGL NAV | EGL Share price | EGL NAV | EGL Share price | ||||
EGL is growing:
- Block-listingfacility permits issuances in response to daily demand
- Issuance since April 2020: 21.8mn new shares, or £44.7mn, at a premium to NAV
- to 28 February 2023
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Performance (to 28 February 2023)
Since | Since | |||||||
(all total returns in £) | 1 M % | 3 M % | 6 M % | 1 Y % | 3 Y % | 5 Y % | Admission* | |
Admission* % | ||||||||
% per annum | ||||||||
EGL NAV | -2.9 | -4.0 | -6.6 | 6.4 | 35.4 | 95.4 | 93.5 | 10.8 |
EGL Share Price | 0.2 | 3.5 | -6.5 | 16.5 | 53.2 | 137.6 | 152.5 | 15.5 |
S&P Global Infrastructure | -1.8 | -2.5 | -4.8 | 9.8 | 19.8 | 41.8 | 42.5 | 5.7 |
Index | ||||||||
MSCI World Utilities Index | -2.8 | -5.5 | -9.8 | 4.8 | 13.5 | 58.1 | 51.4 | 6.7 |
MSCI World Index | -0.5 | -1.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 42.0 | 62.9 | 94.0 | 10.8 |
FTSE All-Share Index | 1.5 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 43.6 | 5.8 |
FTSE ASX Utilities | 0.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 29.0 | 78.8 | 33.7 | 4.6 |
1 Since admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange on 26 September, 2016
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Strategy overview
An alternative income strategy featuring capital preservation and exposure to global growth
Global | Income | Growth | |||||
Diversified across geographies, | Invested in securities with attractive | Growth-oriented infrastructure | |||||
sub-sectors and investment themes | |||||||
yields and inflation protection | businesses and utilities | ||||||
Balance North America/pan-Europe (EM | Portfolio yield c. 4% | DPS growth +5-7% p.a. | |||||
capped at 10%) | |||||||
Achieved total return*: 10.8% per annum | |||||||
Target total return: 6-12%per annum | |||||||
Investment universe: c. 400 companies; c. $3.4 trillion market cap.
A mix of regulated and growth-oriented business segments:
Electric & Gas Utilities:
Generation, transmission & distribution of electricity, gas and liquid fuels and renewable energies
Environmental Services:
Water supply, wastewater, water treatment and waste management
Geographical allocation (% of Portfolio)
5% 4%
North America
12% | 41% | |
Europe | ||
UK | ||
Emerging |
Transportation Infrastructure:
Roads and airports
38%
Markets Other OECD
*NAV total return since inception to 28 February, 2023; share price total return of 15.5% per annum.
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