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The boom bust cycle of airlines
Historically airlines have gone insolvent on a regular basis (Ansett, and more recently, Virgin!). The airline business involves a large...
Jul 3, 20233 min read

Western Australian vs National Electricity Market – Different Rules Same Challenges
I'll get over you, I know I will I'll pretend my ship's not sinking And I'll tell myself I'm over you 'Cause I'm the king of wishful...
Jul 3, 20237 min read

Inflation, the market is saying this time is different…
Inflation as you all know has been riding high. But what you really care about is where are we going from here. I don’t have a crystal...
Jul 3, 20233 min read

First Close of Infradebt Energy Transition Fund
Canberra, 22 February 2023 – Infradebt is pleased to announce the first close of the Infradebt Energy Transition Fund (ETF). ETF is a...
Feb 26, 20232 min read

Utility Scale Batteries - Be Like Water
The first energy revolution came with the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century. This marked the beginning of the industrial...
Nov 13, 20223 min read

Updates on Inflation - Sep 2022
Last quarter we wrote an article on US inflation and in particular what it would take for inflation to get back to 2-3%. Without wanting...
Nov 13, 20222 min read

Upsetting the usual order
One of the banes of my existence, working in energy markets, is the multitude of different units. Everything is measured differently and...
Nov 13, 20224 min read

What will it take to get inflation back to 2-3%?
Inflation in the United States and Australia (and most parts of the rest of the world) has broken out from the 2-3% typical range of the...
Jun 27, 20225 min read

What will fix Australia’s electricity market (and what won’t)?
I won’t be telling readers anything new to say Australia’s national electricity market (NEM – which operates the east coast grid from QLD...
Jun 27, 20224 min read

Ready for take-off? Airports sector update
Airport and passenger volumes Three hours before an international flight and an hour before a domestic flight (or only 40 minutes if you...
Jun 27, 20222 min read

What happens when the hunt for yield reverses?
As a final article for this quarter, how about a question on investor behaviour? The so called “hunt for yield” is the phenomenon of low...
Jun 27, 20222 min read

Infrastructure and rising rates
Over the past six months, the 10 year inflation linked government bond has increased from -0.80% to 0.17% (the blue line in the chart...
Jun 22, 20224 min read

Carbon Credits
Carbon prices globally were on a tear in 2021. There was much conviction around global action to fight climate change following the...
Jun 22, 20225 min read

Gravity Energy Storage
There has been quite a bit of buzz about gravitational energy storage recently. That is, storing energy by lifting weights. This energy...
Jun 22, 20222 min read

Green Hydrogen Two Years On
Infradebt first featured green hydrogen in our newsletter two years ago (see Q4 2019). Green hydrogen seemed an over the horizon issue...
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Left tail Right tail
At Infradebt we are not tied to investment labels. At the end of the day, all investing is investing. We believe the most important thing...
Dec 20, 20213 min read

Are Data Centres Infrastructure?
Did you know that over 90% of the world’s data was created in the last 18 months to two years? That’s all electronic data ever created....
Dec 20, 20214 min read

Inflation
Inflation has been a tremendous focus for investors over the past few months. Lots of ink has been spilled by the pundits and we would...
Dec 20, 20212 min read

Investment Moats: Infrastructure vs Technology
As investors, key questions we are always thinking about are “What is the competitive moat for a project?” and “How sustainable are the...
Oct 7, 20214 min read

Airport and Seaport Volumes 2021Q3
Airports The Sydney Aviation Alliance has increased its bid price for a third time $8.75 to acquire Sydney Airport with the board...
Oct 7, 20213 min read
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