YIELCO Investments AG, the German private markets investment manager, held its “Investor Day Spain” at the Hotel Villamagna in Madrid together with investors, family offices, and strategic partners to discuss the latest trends in alternative markets. In an environment marked by geopolitical uncertainty and investors’ search for returns and distributions, YIELCO has reached €12.1 billion in commitments under service, while continuing to advance its specialized strategies in infrastructure, private equity, and private debt through fund-of-funds programs, co-investments, and tailored solutions for institutional investors.
YIELCO Investments AG, which opened its Madrid office in 2023 to drive growth in Southern Europe and strengthen relationships with domestic investors and managers, continues to reinforce its local capabilities, having added around thirty Spanish investors over the past year. During the event, Julián Álvarez, Country Head of YIELCO in Spain, highlighted that “we continue developing new solutions tailored to investors’ needs through local vehicles and a differentiated value-investing and specialization approach. The team is also continuing to grow, and this year we will already have five professionals in the Madrid office, offering a complementary alternative to more established players in Spain.”
The German manager continues strengthening its co-investment programs in Spain through new specialized vehicles in infrastructure and private equity. These include YIELCO Infrastructure Opportunities FCR, focused on infrastructure co-investments and integrated into a €200 million global program, and YIELCO Private Equity Europe III SCR, with a value-investing approach and part of YIELCO’s European private equity program of up to €300 million. Both vehicles have been launched alongside Luxembourg-domiciled flagship funds. YIELCO is also an investor in firms such as PHI Industrial, Vecta, Asterion, and Incus Capital, and works with pan-European managers such as Kartesia and Capza.
YIELCO Investments’ “Investor Day Spain” also featured the participation of prominent members of the global team, including Peter Laib, Chairman of the Supervisory Board; Uwe Fleischhauer, Partner and Head of Infrastructure; and María Sanz, Partner and Head of Private Equity, alongside international managers specializing in infrastructure and private equity, who shared their perspectives on opportunities, challenges, and outlooks for private markets.
During his speech, Peter Laib shared YIELCO’s current view on private markets, analyzing the impact of the macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, the new interest rate landscape, the evolution of valuations and financial leverage, as well as emerging investment opportunities.
For her part, María Sanz highlighted “the growing investor interest in selective private equity strategies with a value-investing philosophy and diversification.” She also underlined the importance of maintaining “strong pricing discipline, sensitivity to leverage, and a focus on operational value creation within portfolio companies.” Uwe Fleischhauer emphasized the role of infrastructure as a strategic asset and stabilizing element for portfolios in the current environment. In this regard, he pointed to “the need to strengthen investment in transition-related areas, both in energy and digital infrastructure,” while also highlighting “the attractive risk-return profile of investments made in these types of assets.”
YIELCO Investments AG has executed more than 900 investments representing over €20 billion in volume and has an international team of 50 professionals. The manager, entirely owned by its partners and employees, counts more than 100 institutional investors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy among its investor base, including insurance companies, pension funds, banks, and family offices.
About YIELCO Investments AG
YIELCO Investments AG is a German private markets investment manager focused on generating attractive and predictable long-term returns through a controlled-risk approach. Founded in Munich in 2011, the firm currently has offices in Munich, Zurich, and Madrid and develops investment strategies in infrastructure, private equity, and private debt. The platform totals more than €12.1 billion in commitments, over 900 executed investments, and a network of more than 100 international institutional investors. Its management team brings together more than 160 years of combined experience in private markets. YIELCO is regulated by the German financial authority BaFin and has been a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) since 2017. For more information, visit YIELCO Investments AG
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