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Economic infrastructure

Investing in essential European infrastructure across digital, transport and energy.

What economic infrastructure can deliver

Essential services, predictable cash flows

Economic infrastructure assets, from rail to fibre and energy networks, deliver essential services with long-duration, often inflation-linked revenues, supporting resilient income through market cycles

Exposure to structural growth

Digital infrastructure, the energy transition, and modal shift in transport are reshaping European infrastructure investment, creating long-term demand for assets that are difficult to replicate.

Value through active ownership

Active infrastructure asset management, governance improvement, and disciplined capital structuring can unlock potential incremental returns.

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Dominic Helmsley

Head of Economic Infrastructure

"Economic infrastructure delivers essential services with long-term cash flows; the work we do post-acquisition is what turns that into real value for investors"

Dominic Helmsley

Head of Economic Infrastructure

Why Aberdeen Investments for Economic Infrastructure

Access to differentiated opportunities

Our approach focuses on sourcing economic infrastructure investments through long-standing relationships and local networks. This can support access to lower mid-market transactions across energy, transport and digital infrastructure.

Experience across market cycles

Infrastructure investment requires a long-term perspective. Our track record spans multiple cycles and a range of sectors, including fibre infrastructure, rail infrastructure and energy, with a focus on assets providing essential services.

Active asset management approach

Value in infrastructure investments is often realised over time. Our approach emphasises governance, operational improvement and sustainability across economic infrastructure projects and through the asset lifecycle.

What we offer in Economic Infrastructure

Aberdeen invests in European lower mid-market economic infrastructure across energy, transport and digital sectors. We focus on primary deal flow, long-term partnerships, and active asset management to deliver Core/Core+ risk profiles with the potential for incremental returns

Transport

Rail rolling stock, equipment leasing, urban mobility, maritime, and electrification, including electric vehicle charging where the risk profile fits.

Energy

Renewables, distribution and transmission, district heating, biomethane, energy services, and storage, with a focus on regulated or contracted cash flows.

Digital

Fibre, fixed wireless access, and selective data centre opportunities supporting connectivity and digital inclusion across Europe.

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