EQT launches Active Core Infrastructure fund

EQT has launched the EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund with focus on downside protection. It will target companies that provide essential services to society and offer a risk-return proposition based on stable cash yield generation, inflation protection, low volatility, and pursuit of longer-term value creation opportunities, while actively contributing to the Fund’s sustainability objectives 

The Fund has a target size of EUR5 billion (US$5.55 billion) and will consider a sustainability framework designed to deliver positive impact and mitigate the long-term risk of business model disruption in its portfolio. Investment opportunities will be sourced across three sustainability themes- climate & environment, people & society and sustainable growth & equality.

Within these themes, the fund will seek to invest in companies that actively support at least one of its six sustainability objectives: energy transition & decarbonization, circular economy & resource efficiency, equitable digital opportunities, basic utility & social services for all, sustainable global trade, and accessible mobility solutions. The fund will be primarily focused on Europe and North America.