Infrastructure debt and senior Loans

Infrastructure debt

In the area of infrastructure debt, Swiss Life Asset Managers aims to issue EUR 2.5 billion in senior loans and bonds over the next three years and has opened its fund to professional third-party investors. For a co-investor, this strategy has high value, as it is based on a full alignment of interests:

• The fund has made and manages 21 investments already as at 31.12.22;
• Strong support from the Swiss Life Group with EUR 1.5 billion committed to the fund, providing a unique alignment of interests with third-party long-term investors looking for disciplined access to infrastructure debt as an asset class;
  
• A team of three infrastructure professionals with an average of 20 years’ expertise each and three sector experts with specialist expertise;
  
• Direct access to attractive investment opportunities thanks to the team’s long-standing relationships with equity sponsors, banks and consulting firms;
  
• Buy and hold strategy with the aim of being a long-term partner;
  
• Senior infrastructure guarantee debt and acquisition debt in the form of loans or bonds;
  
• Greenfield and brownfield project;
  
• Minimum rating of BB- for individual projects and target portfolio rating of BB+/BBB-;
  
• Attractive net investor return with average portfolio maturity between 7 and 8 years;
  
• 100% of infrastructure eligible for Solvency II;
  
• A level of risk commensurate with the expected returns.

Senior loans

In senior loans as private debt, Swiss Life Asset Managers has issued more than EUR 5 billion in senior loans and bonds on behalf of the Group. Managed by a team of private credit specialists, these funds benefit from a high degree of diversification and a conservative positioning. One of the funds is also open to professional third-party investors.

This investment strategy of senior secured loans allows investors to combine the search for current yield and lower volatility with the interest of protected assets.

Swiss Life AM’s credit management is characterised by its bottom-up quality approach to credit selection and its particular attention to risk management.

• Our funds, invested in the US and Europe, focus on large issues denominated in dollars and euros and target the top end of the BBB/BB to BB/B credit range.