Frederic Michel-Verdier

Welcome to the Frederic Michel Verdier blog. Buildings are a central part of our daily lives, and we spend a large part of our days in them - at home, at work, or during our spare time. In its different forms - homes, work places, schools, hospitals, libraries or other public buildings - the built environment is, however, the single largest energy consumer and one of the largest carbon dioxide emitters. In today's blog, Frederic Michel Verdier energy-efficient building design in the context of building life cycle.

Through Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects, the EU invests in grants or loans that help push technology and best practice in the sector. Appliances like smart meters, better performing materials and digital tools contribute to energy efficiency and can help consumers to better control their energy consumption, and save money. Collectively, buildings in the EU are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, which mainly stem from construction, usage, renovation and demolition. Improving energy efficiency in buildings therefore has a key role to play in achieving the ambitious goal of carbon-neutrality by 2050, set out in the European Green Deal says Frederic Michel-Verdier.

The EU also supports and finance energy efficiency projects through the European Investment Bank (EIB), which lends money to projects that contribute to reaching the EU’s energy and climate goals. The aim is to increase the rate of renovation of existing buildings and bring together the different actors in the sector to develop financing possibilities, promote investments in buildings and pool renovation efforts.

Besides the environmental gains from lower energy use, people across the EU will also benefit from improved energy efficiency in their homes, at work, in schools and other buildings, Frederic Michel-Verdier added. Energy efficient buildings will result in lower energy bills and reduced energy demand. In some cases they will also benefit from increased renewable energy sources. These changes will also lead to better air quality and improved health.

With certain renovation measures targeting social housing – and new rules for EU countries to measure and monitor figures for those that struggle to pay their energy bills – these building renovation rules will help to combat energy poverty in the EU and ensure that no citizen is left behind in the clean energy transition.

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About Frederic Michel- Verdier

Frederic Michel- Verdier has indepth knowledge and experience bringing a real understanding of underlying assets – of infrastructure “mechanics” from development to execution and management. Find out more about him on the Frederic Michel- Verdier website here. Follow Frederic Michel-Verdier on Twitter. Alternatively, you can also read the latest Frederic Michel-Verdier news here.

Bienvenue sur notre blog d'information du secteur des infrastructures. La crise actuelle créera aussi, comme toute autre crise, des opportunités. Les gestionnaires avec pléthore de liquidités  seront les plus à même de faire de très bonnes acquisitions. Et tout comme le Covid-19 a déclassé certains types d’actifs, comme les aéroports, il est également susceptible d’en rendre attractifs d’autres comme l’infrastructure numérique. Je m’attends à ce que les gestionnaires d’actifs diminuent leurs attentes en matière de rendement.

L’infrastructure numérique comprend des services de base, tels que la communication numérique et le stockage de données. C’est devenu une infrastructure stratégique et essentielle à l’activité humaine.  L’analyse principale de Frédéric Michel-Verdier est qu’il s’agit d’un excellent moment pour davantage d’investissements dans les infrastructures réglementées et numériques mais aussi le secteur des transports redevenus abordables suite à cette crise.

Frédéric Michel-Verdier est un gérant d’actifs ayant plus de 25 ans d’ d’expérience dans les investissements en  infrastructure et financiers à l’échelle internationale.

Il nous a dit :
« Bien qu’il y ait eu beaucoup de discussions ces dernières années sur la baisse des rendements des investissements, le nouvel assouplissement monétaire est là pour durer et est susceptible de diminuer encore plus les attentes de retour des différents investisseurs".

M. Michel-Verdier lance Fair Market Value Capital Partners, une nouvelle plate-forme de capital permanent qui cible les investissements responsables dans le secteur des infrastructures. La plate-forme vise à investir dans toute l’Europe en mettant l’accent sur la transition énergétique, les transports et les infrastructures numériques. Selon Frédéric Michel-Verdier, c’est le moment idéal de prendre des positions à long terme de façon responsable pour le bien de la collectivité. Pour en savoir plus sur M. Michel-Verdier, cliquez ici sur son site Web, où vous pouvez lire les derniers points de vues du secteur des infrastructure. Connectez sa page Frédéric Michel-Verdier sur Crunchbase.

Welcome to the Frederic Michel-Verdier blog. Frederic Michel- Verdier has over 15 years of experience in large scale Equity Investments and Asset Management of Global Infrastructure assets.  The debate over marginal loss factors may see some short-term resolution but the wider conversation about reform Market still has some way to run.

Broadly, private infrastructure investors in the renewable energy space (with one or two notable exceptions) have made submissions in favour of a change, generally towards a system known as average loss factors. Meanwhile, regulators, public bodies and some legacy generators, such as AGL and Snowy Hydro, have made submissions in favour of retaining MLFs, even if they don't all love the system.

Welcome to the Frederic Michel Verdier blog. Frederic Michel Verdier is a Funds veteran specializing in infrastructure equity investments and asset management. Brexit uncertainty has had a massively negative effect on investments in the UK. With such historic changes ahead, investors were not keen on making big decisions, which has slowed down the country’s economy. Productivity levels have been dropping for years now, with millions of Brits wondering what would happen should the UK leave the European Union. The beginning of 2020 under Boris Johnson’s leadership has brought the answer to that question and it is looking more and more promising.

Post-Brexit UK announces a dire need for investments in infrastructure. These are meant to be the element that makes the country’s economy bounce back to its former self. In fact, conditions are better than ever before for investing in infrastructure – interest rates are at an unprecedented low and Prime Minister Johnson has just given the green light for a massive project, the High Speed 2 rail link, and has expressed his support for similar upcoming projects.

A Great Time to Invest in British Infrastructure

The National Audit Office has announced interest rates at 0.75 percent, which points out to 2020 being a stellar time to make investments. This, along with other measures, has been implemented to facilitate and support upcoming investments because these, in turn, will strengthen the country’s economy. The HS2 project alone, for instance, is set to generate over 500,000 new employment opportunities. Considering that this is only one of the infrastructure projects starting in the UK in the years to come, this could actually bring about a full-on economic boom. This is what the Government hopes for, which means that these projects will be supported every step of the way.

Government Support Means Business Success

Taking these aspects into consideration, it is an excellent time to start your very own investment project in infrastructure because it has higher chances than ever to be successful and bring in profit. With the help of an expert in infrastructure investment, like Mr. Frederic Michel-Verdier, putting together a transportation project will be simple and extremely efficient. His expertise can be a great asset for making your project stand out. Moreover, your profit will be a truly patriotic act because the success of the country’s infrastructure will also make the British economy thrive.

HS2 Signals the Beginning of Infrastructure Success

The High Speed 2 project aims to connect London to the Midlands, and to northern England. The costs of this project, which are announced to be more than £100 billion, have made it the topic of numerous debates. However, it promises to offer enormous returns as well, starting from the 500,000 jobs it is going to create in the UK.

Boris Johnson himself used to be an HS2 skeptic, but this project enables him to keep his promises to rebalance the economy outside of London and the south of the country and aim it to the north, for a change. As expected, this exposes the Prime Minister to even greater comment, but the facts are simple – the HS2 has a green light and it will bring about an economic boom to the UK.

This also creates a great opportunity for investing in HS2-related projects, which are going to flourish in the months and years to come. A project of this amplitude will create numerous satellite business projects and, with the Government’s announced support, it is an ideal time to invest. Even the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has made it clear – borrowing money that will be used in infrastructure investment is “appropriate to boost the economy”.

As you can see, post-Brexit UK is a wonderland for infrastructure investment, so those aiming to turn a profit in 2020 are advised to start a business in this field. With upcoming projects like the gargantuan HS2, the future of the UK is looking bright.

About Frederic 

Welcome to the Frederic Michel-Verdier blog. The Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management said it raised US$20 billion for a massive new fund dedicated to infrastructure, exceeding its $17 billion targets and the $14 billion it raised for its previous infrastructure fund, which closed in July 2016. The Toronto-based company with over $540 billion of assets under management says it put $5-billion into the Brookfield. Infrastructure Fund IV (BIF IV) itself, and raised the remainder from 170 institutional investors, including pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and other investors.

Approximately 75% of the third-party capital came from existing Brookfield investors, highlighting Brookfield's focus on building long-term relationships with its limited partners.

To date, the Fund has invested or committed approximately $8 billion, or 40% of its capital, to a diversified set of attractive infrastructure businesses, including the largest short-haul rail operator in North America, natural gas pipelines in North America, data infrastructure businesses in South America, New Zealand, India, and the U.K., and a global portfolio of renewable power assets. Learn more about this development on the Frederic Michel- Verdier website.

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Infrastructure Summits and Conferences in 2020

Frederic Michel-Verdier has announced he will be attending the upcoming Infrastructure Investor Global Summit on 16th to the 19th of March 2020 in Berlin. Michel-Verdier and other members of industry’s most influential practitioners are to attend the 2020 Summit, notable speakers include Ben Hammersley, James Kerr and Dr Khanna.

 The Berlin Global Summit is one of a number of high profile Infrastructure events attended by Mr Michel-Verdier in recent weeks, including Paris Infraweek and Citi Outlook 2020 conference in London. Citi Private Bank is confident that 2020 will be brighter than many expect.

Citi stated on their website that global growth will surprise positively, feeding through into modest corporate earnings growth. In turn, this should buoy equity markets and cause longer-term rates to rise by more than the consensus expects.

About the future of the industry, Citi said: ''We urge you to cut through the negative noise, focus on hard economic data, and stay fully invested.''

About Frederic Michel-Verdier

Funds professional specializing in infrastructure equity investments and asset management.Funds veteran specializing in infrastructure equity investments and asset management. An infrastructure investment involves investing in large scale projects like building roads, railways, seaports, airports, telecoms, electricity generation, gas or electricity transmission or distribution, water or sewerage. Infrastructure can also be defined as any ‘real asset’, taking the form of energy, roads, bridges, or anything that is conducive to building and maintaining society.

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