EQT has launched the EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund with focus on downside protection. It will target companies that provide essential services to society and offer a risk-return proposition based on stable cash yield generation, inflation protection, low volatility, and pursuit of longer-term value creation opportunities, while actively contributing to the Fund’s sustainability objectives 

The Fund has a target size of EUR5 billion (US$5.55 billion) and will consider a sustainability framework designed to deliver positive impact and mitigate the long-term risk of business model disruption in its portfolio. Investment opportunities will be sourced across three sustainability themes- climate & environment, people & society and sustainable growth & equality.

Within these themes, the fund will seek to invest in companies that actively support at least one of its six sustainability objectives: energy transition & decarbonization, circular economy & resource efficiency, equitable digital opportunities, basic utility & social services for all, sustainable global trade, and accessible mobility solutions. The fund will be primarily focused on Europe and North America.