• Hamilton Lane Private Infrastructure Fund (“HLPIF”) allows retail investors access to infrastructure assets previously accessible only to Hamilton Lane’s institutional clients
• Intention to offer investors access to HLPIF in a first-of-its-kind tokenized format through Republic’s digital platform

Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), one of the world’s largest private markets investment firms, announced the launch of HLPIF on the global investment platform Republic.* HLPIF is the first private infrastructure offering available to retail (non-accredited) investors in the U.S. with a minimum as low as $500 via the Republic platform, which Republic intends to make available in a tokenized format.

Private markets, public access

By making HLPIF available on Republic’s platform, Hamilton Lane continues to take a leading role in broadening access and enabling a wider set of investors to participate in the private markets. It follows the firms’ recently announced partnership, which was created to bring institutional-quality private market investments to retail investors in the U.S. on a tokenized basis.

Victor Jung, Head of Digital Assets at Hamilton Lane, commented: “We view today’s launch of HLPIF on Republic’s market-leading digital platform as a major step forward in Hamilton Lane’s commitment to delivering access to investors of all types, including retail investors in the U.S. We believe the evolution of the private markets industry broadly will be driven by technological innovation – including tokenization – spurred by retail demand for different structures, lower minimums and easier access.”

Advantages of infrastructure

Infrastructure is one of the fastest-growing asset classes within private markets, expanding from $500 million in assets under management in 1999 to $1.2 trillion today. Within this space, Hamilton Lane focuses on capital-intensive fixed assets with high barriers to competitive entry and pre-contracted cash flows that run for 10-15 years. Hamilton Lane’s infrastructure investments include hyperscale data centers, major international airports, natural gas pipelines and other critical infrastructure. The Hamilton Lane Infrastructure Investment Team is highly selective, choosing to participate in just 1.2% of the opportunities it reviews.**

Brent Burnett, Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets at Hamilton Lane, said: “The megatrends we see driving innovation in today’s global economy – the continued expansion of AI, the increasing demand for power generation, and the evolution of supply chains – are all underpinned by infrastructure. We are excited to be expanding access to this sector’s historically consistent performance, consistent cash flows and manageable downside risk opportunities, which together make for an excellent entry point into the private markets.”

“These types of assets have long been limited to institutions and high-net-worth investors,” remarked Andrew Durgee, Co-CEO of Republic. “We believe that the tokenization of real-world assets, including through our industry leading blockchain-based architecture, is the key to bringing institutional-grade private market investments like private infrastructure to everyone, including non-accredited investors. Today’s partnership between Hamilton Lane and Republic puts us at the forefront of expanding access to the private markets.”

Source: Hamilton Lane