A leading provider of European infrastructure investments for long-term income generation
As one of the largest non-bank lenders in Europe, our reputation as a trusted counterparty in European infrastructure provides access to a wide range of opportunities. Our dedicated and experienced origination team source high-quality infrastructure projects spanning debt and equity, with a focus on stable, long-term income generation. We combine proprietary research with sector and industry expertise to originate and structure transactions.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are integrated into our origination process and ongoing management of projects. Where relevant, ESG factors are binding objectives of certain strategies and client mandates.*
Scale and reach
We are direct investors in infrastructure, utilising our extensive network to source opportunities. We utilise our in-house expertise together with specialist platforms to create long-term pipeline and scale.
Diversification and inflation hedging
We focus on delivering appropriate risk-adjusted returns from infrastructure where favourable supply and demand dynamics support the role of private investment. Rigorous relative value analysis is an essential part of our portfolio construction process.
Supporting the climate transition
As a leader in sustainable real assets, our investment capabilities include solutions that support the climate transition. We actively measure and manage carbon emissions that are avoided, reduced or removed, as an integral part of our investment process.
*ESG integration means the integration of ESG factors and consideration of sustainability risk as part of the investment decision making process. This process is applied beyond any specific binding constraints (in the objective or strategy of the fund as detailed in the prospectus or investment management agreement and in accordance with our Baseline Exclusions Policy). The investment manager retains discretion on decision making taking all risks into account, beyond any binding criteria.
Infrastructure strategies
Infrastructure debt
Senior debt invested in long-term, stable infrastructure assets across a wide range of sectors. Ideal for investors looking for stable cashflows with an attractive risk/return profile, and to capture the illiquidity premium.
Infrastructure equity
Direct investment in lower to middle market infrastructure opportunities in Europe with the aim to deliver stable, long-term returns to our clients. We invest in the energy, mobility, digital and social infrastructure sectors which accelerate and benefit from the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Key risks of infrastructure investing
Investment risk
The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.
Valuation risk
Where funds or mandates are invested in real assets such as infrastructure, investments may not be able to be sold, realised or liquidated when you want because the infrastructure assets may not always be readily saleable. If this is the case, we may defer your request or instruction regarding your investment. Investors should also bear in mind that the valuation of real assets such as infrastructure is generally a matter of valuers’ opinion rather than fact.
Investment insights
Investment thinking that brings together the collective insight of Aviva Investors’ teams from across the globe on the key themes influencing markets.
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From niche to core: Asset-based finance emerges as a driving force as private debt markets continue to evolve
7 Oct. 2025
Asset-based finance is capturing the attention of institutional investors – from pension schemes to insurers – thanks to its diverse risk-return drivers and its growing role as a strategic building block in investors’ portfolios.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q2 2025
14 Aug. 2025
In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Building advantage: Finding a competitive edge in European high yield real estate debt
14 Jul. 2025
While opportunities in European high yield real estate debt remain, growing competition underscores the need for deep market expertise, a robust underwriting framework, and disciplined deal selection to identify and capture resilient value.
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MegaTRENDs: Why TRENDs matter for investing in private markets
27 Jun. 2025
A set of megatrends is reshaping the world, creating new opportunities and risks for investments in private markets.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q1 2025
16 May 2025
In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Private debt for DC pensions: The multi-sector opportunity
11 Feb. 2025
As the search for better retirement outcomes for the 28 million members of the UK’s defined contribution (DC) pension schemes continues, where are the opportunities for DC investors in private debt and how can they be harnessed?
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Relative value in private markets: Positive but selective
29 Jan. 2025
Using proprietary data, our private markets research team compares risk and return across sectors.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q4 2024
27 Jan. 2025
In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macroeconomic conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q3 2024
30 Oct. 2024
In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q2 2024
6 Aug. 2024
In our latest real assets deep dive, our research team explains how our data on illiquidity premia indicates the benefits of a multi-asset approach to private debt investing.
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Relative value in real assets: A spectrum of opportunities
2 Aug. 2024
Our real assets research team drills into proprietary data to compare risk and return across sectors.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q4 2023
12 Mar. 2024
In our latest real assets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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Common ground: Earning a social licence to operate in real asset investing
18 Jan. 2024
Successful real asset investing requires acceptance of asset managers’ practices and procedures from a variety of stakeholders. We explore what this means for managers, their clients and investment outcomes.
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Plus ça change…The outlook for infrastructure debt in 2024
11 Jan. 2024
Infrastructure demonstrated characteristic resilience in 2023 in the face of significant macroeconomic headwinds. Darryl Murphy from our infrastructure team explains why he expects current themes to persist in 2024.
Private Markets Study 2025
In the seventh edition of the study, we collected the views of 500 institutional investors around the world. We delved into some of the key questions facing private market investors today: Why do they invest in private markets? How do they expect the asset classes to perform over the next few years? What are the biggest barriers to investing today? And how do they incorporate sustainability?
House View
No one can predict the future. But our quarterly House View sets out the collective wisdom of our investment teams on the current state of global markets – and where they might be heading.
Infrastructure team
Meet our Infrastructure investment team.
Angenika Kunne
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Equity
Darryl Murphy
Managing Director, Infrastructure
Florent del Picchia
Head of Euro Infrastructure Debt
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As one of Europe’s largest private markets investment managers, we have the scale to access the full depth and breadth of private markets.