BTS Skytrain Carve-Out: The Return of the Infrastructure Trust Fund Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

In 2013, the long-delayed IPO of the Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Co. Ltd. (BTSC) took place, but in an unusually sophisticated type. Instead of selling the shares of the company that owned the elevated railway concession, what was offered were investment units in Thailand's first publicly listed infrastructure mutual fund: the BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF). Earnings from the IPO were used to acquire from BTSC the rights to the net farebox revenue generated from the railway. The investment exposed investors not only to the managing risk of the railroad track, but to other types such as political risk.

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PUBLICATION DATE: June 29, 2015 PRODUCT #: INS951-PDF-ENG

 

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