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Axis Infra Index - Need
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There is always an air of mystery when it comes to building infrastructures. Therefore Axis Infra Index has realized the need for infrastructure index. With this, both the banks and the investors can be aware of what is really happening. Realizing the need for an index wherein everything could be shared without harming either of the parties, the Axis Infra Index need was created.
At the same time, the inherent complexity of the infrastructure investment environment makes it difficult to keep track of developments in the rapidly evolving segments that comprise infrastructure. The typical large size and project complexity involve long gestation periods and required time for revenue visibility. Revenue and financing models vary with the individual segments, project financing involve complex financial structures, the typical no-recourse financing basis involve complex legal SPV structures, specialised project finance expertise, complex regulatory and policy environment.
The risk perceptions of foreign investors regarding infrastructure projects remain clouded, particularly during the project planning and construction stages of individual projects. Even domestic investors are hard pressed to obtain a composite picture of developments in infrastructure projects, even in the individual segments in which they might be interested. Multiple agencies coordinate awarding projects, statutory clearances, achieving financial closure, tying up fuel and other input linkages, clearances for imports, last mile connectivity and so on.
A composite metric which provides an easy to interpret signal and a compact articulation of this complex environment is therefore a valuable input for investors and policy makers, particularly if it is designed to provide an easily understood and interpretable summary. Trends in the Index, whether over time or spatially, convey the relative advantages or disadvantages in the associated conditions at a specific point in time.
For the Index to convey a realistic assessment of infrastructure financing conditions, it has to capture the multiple stages of project implementation, from project design through financial closure to commencement of operations. The aggregations over individual projects have to be adequately representative of the operational conditions for that segment.
We emphasise that the Axis Bank Infrastructure Index is meant to convey signals on fundamental conditions prevailing in infrastructure segments. There are many indices which track specific baskets of stocks of infrastructure related companies; in fact, a custom equity markets index is included in the Axis Bank Index, with a small weight.
