Frequently Asked Questions

DATA

• The Unlisted Infrastructure Universe

  • How is the 'infrastructure' asset class defined?

  • How is the unlisted infrastructure investment universe defined?

  • How are new industrial classes considered for inclusion in your universe?

  • Which countries are included in the universe?

  • How are the firms included in the index universe selected?

  • When and why are firms removed from the index universe?

  • What data is required to be included in index universe?

  • Are only brownfield investments included in the universe?

  • Why doesn't TICCS® differentiate between greenfield and brownfield?

Methodology

• The Approach

  • Cash Flow Forecasts

  • What is a calculated index?

  • What model do you use to price assets?

  • Why do you use the approach that you do for asset pricing?

  • How do your cash flow and dividends models work?

  • How does your credit risk model work?

  • How precise and robust are infraMetrics® valuations?

  • Why do contributed indices tend to be biased?

  • Why not use 'comps' to value infrastructure assets?

Products

• Market Indices & Benchmarks

  • General

    • Does the index data keep changing or is it frozen?

    • How are the indices weighted?

    • How many indices are available?

    • What are common use cases for the Market Indices?

    • What metrics can I observe on the Market Indices app?

    • When are the indices calculated?

    • Why are the monthly index values for the current year subject to change?

    • Why can’t I find a certain segment on Market Indices?

  • Index Returns

    • Are the returns of infraMetrics® indices smoothed?

    • How are the index returns computed?

  • Currency

    • In what currencies are the indices computed?

    • How do you define currency across debt and equity indices?

    • Can you hedge returns to a requested currency?

  • Custom Indices and Benchmarks

    • What is a customised benchmark?

    • Can I observe my custom benchmark within the Market Indices module?

  • Index Constituents

    • Are index constituents available?

    • Do you provide asset-level data for the underlying index constituents?

• Deal & Valuation Analytics

Data Collection

• Where does the raw data come from?

• How is the raw data processed and aggregated?

• How often is the data updated?

• Are there biases in the data?

• How large is the EDHECinfra database?

Data Validation

• Does infraMetrics® follow any compliance standards?

• How is the data validated as accurate?

• How often are the returns results rebalanced?

• How would corrections be processed if an errors occur?

Access & liecensing

• What data is available on the platform?

• How do I access your index data & analytics?

• Is the index data available on Bloomberg®?

• What are the terms of index data & analytics trial licences?

• Who owns the data?

• Is the contributed data secure?

• Can researchers access the database?

• How long does a data license last?

• I don’t have access to my subscribed modules. Who do I ask for help?

• Can I add or remove users to/from my organisation’s account?

• Can I request to be sent the data every month?