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Global infrastructure assets hit a new high of $1.22tn

Friday, February 14, 2025

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Global infrastructure assets market value hit a new high of $1.22 trillion at the end of 2024, increasing by 12.4% year-on-year, said a study. This translates to the biggest percentage increase in market value out of all private markets over the last 15 years.

The new analysis from Ocorian revealed that the market value of infrastructure assets has risen by 1,231% since 2009 and 105% since 2019.

Infrastructure market values have grown solidly year-on-year for over a decade without exception and first hit a value of over $1 trillion in 2023 ($1.09 trillion) before the new high of $1.22 in 2024, said Ocorian's Global Asset Monitor.

Ocorian's Global Asset Monitor reveals that over the long term combined private assets (private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and real estate) have grown nearly three times as fast as public assets, rising 618% in the past 15 years.

Last year the value of private market assets increased by an estimated $1.27 trillion - around 9.7% - to a record $14.34 trillion which excludes undeployed capital, so-called dry powder.

Private assets have become increasingly attractive due to their ability to help with diversification and returns which have been 4.8% higher per year since 2000, Ocorian's Global Asset Monitor showed.

Infrastructure and real estate are proving particularly attractive to institutional investors like pension funds that need stable, predictable income.

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