Infrastructure Investor: Stability paves the way for investment in India

Abhishek Bansal, Partner, Energy Infrastructure at Actis, contributed to Tom Taylor’s feature for Infrastructure Investor on India’s infrastructure investment landscape. Abhishek discussed the how India’s domestic pool of investors has developed in recent years as well as how structures such as InvITs are supporting investments in infrastructure. Click here to read the full article in the digital version of the print magazine, here for the online article and read on below for some of Abhishek’s comments.

Abhishek Bansal, Partner, Energy Infrastructure at Actis, commented:

“Those InvITs are basically a collection of operating assets the government has allowed to be structured in a way that offers more efficient yield extraction from assets.

“That product, having been launched for infrastructure assets a few years ago, has taken off very well, and is primarily being funded from domestic institutions.”