Investment mandate
SMIT targets investments in a broad range of infrastructure sectors in India, with a preference for assets that:
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Provide essential services to the community;
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Benefit from regulated or substantially contracted revenue arrangements;
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Have limited exposure to commodity-like or competitive pricing pressure;
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Experience relatively inelastic demand from users;
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Benefit from barriers to entry, including:
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limitations on the construction of alternatives due to space;
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planning or other restrictions; or
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requirement for significant capital expenditure to develop a competing business platform;
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Have a long economic life; and
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Generate sustainable and predictable cash flows in the long term.
Target sectors are Roads, Power, Telecommunication Towers, Ports, Airports, Renewables and like assets.