Overview
HICL Infrastructure was established to be a long term investor in public infrastructure, working with the public sector to deliver high-quality infrastructure projects. Its portfolio is diversified across various sectors, including education, health, and transport infrastructure, both in the UK and overseas. HICL’s assets are predominantly operational, underpinned by long term contractual agreements that deliver annual yield. HICL Infrastructure aims to be cost efficient by having low management fees and operating expenses, and works constantly with clients to find efficiency savings which benefit them. HICL Infrastructure also aims to distribute the majority of underlying investment returns to its shareholders and without the accumulation of profits offshore.
The fund’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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24 May 2024
Interview with Edward Hunt from HICL Infrastructure
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Edward Hunt from HICL Infrastructure. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us Aiman. Additionally, if you would prefer to […]
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13 Oct 2022
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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16 Oct 2020
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2020
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit Stubborn resistance The end […]
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10 Aug 2020
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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06 Dec 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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06 Dec 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over November: An initiation note on Henderson High Income “We have initiated coverage on Henderson High Income (HHI). Since […]
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07 Jun 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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19 Dec 2018
QuotedData's economic roundup - December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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16 Oct 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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14 Sep 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in […]
News
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14 Mar 2019
HICL Infrastructure Company consortium wins offshore wind bid
HICL Infrastructure Company (HICL) has announced that Diamond Transmission Partners, a consortium comprising HICL, Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation) and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. has been selected by Ofgem as the preferred bidder to own and operate the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm offshore transmission link. The Walney OFTO The […]
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18 Feb 2019
HICL Infrastructure ups its stake in the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme
HICL Infrastructure has announced that it has agreed to acquire a further 40% interest in the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme for €23m. The purchase is being funded from HICL’s revolving credit facility and the transaction is expected to complete by the end of February 2019. Harry Seekings, Co-Head of Infrastructure at InfraRed (HICL […]
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15 Jan 2019
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth bailed out by narrowing discount
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth bailed out by narrowing discount – Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth has published results for the year ended 30 September 2018. Over the period, the NAV rose 2.5% on a total return basis. Fortunately, however, the shares moved from a 3.1% discount to a 3.2% premium. The share price ended the year […]
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29 Aug 2018
HICL Infrastructure sells AquaSure desalination stake
HICL Infrastructure sells AquaSure desalination stake – HICL Infrastructure Company has entered into an agreement to sell its 9.7% interest in the AquaSure Desalination PPP Project. The value of the group’s investment in AquaSure was increased by approximately 10% in September 2017, in line with a market transaction earlier that year. The disposal price agreed will generate […]
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15 Jan 2018
HICL and INPP reassure on Carillion exposure
HICL and INPP reassure on Carillion exposure – HICL Infrastructure Company Limited has made an statement following the recent announcement from Carillion plc regarding its compulsory liquidation. Acting through the Risk Committee, the HICL board and InfraRed, the company’s manager, make ongoing assessments of counterparties, potential issues in the HICL supply chain and related contingency planning. In particular, […]
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22 Nov 2017
HICL comments on PFI/PPP situation
HICL comments on PFI/PPP situation – HICL Infrastructure has released interim results covering he six months ended 30 September 2017. The highlights from these are that the NAV total return for the period was 8.9%, HICL is on track to hit its 7.85p dividend target this year and is targeting 8.05p for the year to […]
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04 Sep 2017
Five alternative investments for 5% plus yields
Investors’ insatiable appetite for income has pushed many innovative income funds to lofty premiums, but a host of opportunities remain. Jennifer Hill outlines five routes to pocket in flation-beating income. Investors are on the hunt for alternative sources of income, given the high valuations of many equity markets and poor value in bonds. ‘We’ve been looking […]
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03 Aug 2017
Investment Trust Insider on HICL Infrastructure
James Carthew: HICL paid high price for Affinity This week’s column was written before the announcement of HICL leading a consortium to buy the HS1 high-speed rail line between London and the Channel Tunnel. My focus this week is on HICL Infrastructure (HICL), a stock that I hold. Briefly, around the beginning of July, its […]
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17 Jul 2017
HICL buys HS1 channel tunnel link
HICL buys HS1 channel tunnel link – HICL Infrastructure Company Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 35 per cent equity interest in the entities that comprise the High Speed 1 Project (“HS1”). HICL is a member of a consortium, alongside funds managed by Equitix Investment Management Limited and third party funds managed by […]
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06 Jun 2017
HICL Infrastructure equity issue raises £267.7m
HICL Infrastructure has announced the results of its recent equity issue. The issue has raised gross proceeds of £267.7m through the issue for cash, subject to listing, of 162,246,567 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 165.0p per new ordinary share. HICL Infrastructure says that the Issue was materially oversubscribed and in light of the […]
