Infrastructure Debt Fund

The Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund is a South African investment fund, focused on investing in projects across multiple infrastructure sectors in South Africa.

What is the Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund?

The Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund is a South African investment fund focused on investing in South African infrastructure. This investment opportunity of infrastructure funding and financing solutions has an investment impact aimed at supporting the sustainability of South Africa.

THE BENEFITS

Benefits of investing in infrastructure through Private Debt

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Gain access to high demand capital investments in south African infrastructure projects

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Enhance portfolio diversification with low correlation to traditional economic cycles that affect conventional investments

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Benefit from low volatility and income-based returns with an attractive CPI-linked payoff profile

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Enjoy inflation protection with reliable cash flows expected to deliver above-inflation returns

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Invest in infrastructure projects with a high ESG score and significant environmental impact

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Easily contribute through retirement savings, with Regulation 28 amendments allowing for greater infrastructure investment (up to 45%)

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Drive economic growth and job creation, achieving investment impact beyond financial returns

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Align your investment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through a sustainable infrastructure strategy

Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund

The Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund is designed to provide investors with access to sustainable infrastructure investments through a structured and professionally managed partnership.

The fund adopts a broad mandate, investing across multiple infrastructure sectors including but not limited to, social infrastructure, energy, connectivity, transport and utilities to ensure diversification and risk mitigation.

R5 billion

Fund size

CPI + 5% in ZAR

Annual target return

10+ Years

Fund duration

Meet our team

Bradley Anthony

Chairman of Investment Committee

Carmel Chinswami

Infrastructure Portfolio Manager

John-Paul Dicks

Infrastructure Portfolio Manager

Obakeng Mophosho

Infrastructure Analyst

MJ Dippenaar

Infrastructure Analyst

Bradley Anthony

Chairman of Investment Committee

1993

Started in the investment industry

2011

joined Fairtree

Bradley joined Fairtree in 2011 and is a Group Director, providing business leadership to the group in support of the CEO. He also serves as Chairman of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and is a Multi-Strategy Portfolio Manager in the Investment team. He began his career in banking in 1993 at Cape of Good Hope Bank, where he worked in the Treasury team, contributing to the asset liability management process with a focus on interest rate and liquidity risk. In 2002,……

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Carmel Chinswami

Infrastructure Portfolio Manager

2006

Started in the investment industry

2024

joined Fairtree

Carmel joined Fairtree in 2024 and is an Infrastructure Portfolio Manager in the Investment team. She began her career in 2005 at Sanlam in the Corporate Finance team, where she spent 18 years gaining extensive experience across various roles within the group. Carmel holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Accounting and is a Chartered Accountant.

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John-Paul Dicks

Infrastructure Portfolio Manager

2009

Started in the investment industry

2023

Joined Fairtree

John-Paul joined Fairtree in 2023 and is an Infrastructure Portfolio Manager in the Investment team. He began his career in 2004 at PwC as an accountant, where he progressed to the role of manager. In 2009, he joined PSG Capital as a corporate financier. From 2017, John-Paul served as director and chief financial officer of the ZAQ Group of Companies, where he played a key role in corporate finance advisory, fund structuring, and managing group investments. He also holds operational……

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Obakeng Mophosho

Infrastructure Analyst

2016

Started in the investment industry

2017

joined Fairtree

Obakeng joined Fairtree in 2017 as an equity research intern and is currently a Multi-Strategy Analyst in the investment team. He also serves on the Investment Committee of the Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund. He began his career in 2016 as a junior analyst at the Financial Services Board. Obakeng holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Corporate Finance and Investment Management & Economic Theory, and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree in Business Finance, both from the University of the……

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MJ Dippenaar

Infrastructure Analyst

2019

Started in the investment industry

2019

Joined Fairtree

Michael-John joined Fairtree in 2019 and is a Multi-Strategy Analyst and Infrastructure Analyst in the Investment team. Before joining Fairtree, he co-founded Sxuirrel, a technology start-up based in South Africa. Michael-John holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Investment and Financial Management and an Honours degree in Financial Analysis, both from the University of Stellenbosch. He also completed the Summer Institute for General Management at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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Fairtree Head Office

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +27 861 760 760

John-Paul Dicks

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +27 84 547 1139

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Infrastructure Debt Fund

What is the Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund?

Benefits of investing in infrastructure through Private Debt

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Fairtree Infrastructure Debt Fund

Fund Overview

The Opportunity

Meet our team

Bradley Anthony

Carmel Chinswami

John-Paul Dicks

Obakeng Mophosho

MJ Dippenaar

Bradley Anthony

Carmel Chinswami

John-Paul Dicks

Obakeng Mophosho

MJ Dippenaar

Contact us

Fairtree Head Office

John-Paul Dicks

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