Ardian, a global private investment firm with $196bn in assets under management & supervision across its private equity, real assets, and private credit platforms, has launched Ardian Access Infrastructure SICAV-RAIF (Ardian Access), an evergreen vehicle domiciled in Luxembourg. The fund will be available to professional investors only.
Ardian Access Infrastructure is part of the broader Ardian Access platform, offering dedicated solutions to access Ardian deal flow for institutional and private investors. It offers a differentiated solution for investors looking to access private infrastructure and diversify their existing exposure, through both Ardian’s infrastructure and infrastructure secondaries platforms. Ardian’s infrastructure team has over $45bn in AUM with a track record spanning over 20 years. The secondaries team, one of the largest secondary infrastructure platforms in the market, has $101bn in AUM.
The combination of direct, essential infrastructure with secondary exposure seeks to provide investors with access to high-quality assets aiming to offer recurring yield, potential inflation protection and resilient returns, and GP portfolios that support increased diversification and typically help to reduce J-Curve effects.
The fund is designed to be well diversified across sectors and geographies, and is expected to gain exposure to more than 20 underlying infrastructure assets within a short timeframe. This includes strategic infrastructure assets like Heathrow airport, the largest airport in Europe, and Verne, a sustainable data centre platform.
Ardian launched the fund in partnership with fintech platform iCapital. The firm will leverage iCapital’s suite of servicing and technology solutions for evergreen funds to provide wealth managers and their clients with efficient access to alternative investment opportunities via Ardian Access Infrastructure.
