Credit Crunch Issues For Infrastructure Funds

There is an interesting article in the Financial Times regarding the rush by some Australian infrastructure funds to divest assets. Just within the last month or so infrastructure has been receiving increased attention, some of which helped to trigger the creation of new infrastructure indexes (see previous post). Now, credit problems and the general global credit crunch are causing some infrastructure funds to look for ways to reduce their weighted average cost of capital, such as by cutting net debt, paying distributions only from operating cash flows, or even selling assets that are currently at high valuations. What a difference a month or two makes.