Representatives of the Australian fund show their willingness to invest in sectors such as green hydrogen or semiconductors.

The acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a "positive" meeting this Friday with senior executives from the Australian fund IFM Investors. The representatives of the shareholder of Spanish companies such as Naturgy or Aqualia expressed their interest in continuing to invest in the country in different sectors, including hydrogen and semiconductors.

The meeting, held at Moncloa on Friday, has been described as "positive" by the acting President of the Government, who received the Global Infrastructure Director of IFM Investors, Kyle Mangini, and the Head of the Australian Fund in Spain, Jaime Siles.

In this regard, Sánchez highlighted in a tweet published later on X (Twitter) that the strengths and growth of the country's economy "provide confidence to the main international investors in Spain."

"We are a reliable, secure and attractive investment destination," he added.

On the other hand, sources close to the Australian fund indicated to Europa Press the "friendly and positive" nature of the meeting, in which IFM expressed its interest in continuing to invest in Spain, "an interesting market full of opportunities."

In this sense, there is interest in investing in different sectors, including green hydrogen or semiconductors, and IFM has shown its willingness.

The Australian pension fund manager, which is present in the capital of Spanish companies such as Naturgy, Aqualia or Aleática, held its annual general meeting of its infrastructure fund in Madrid this week. This reflects "the growing strategic importance of Spain" for IFM Investors, which has invested around 8,000 million euros in the country in the last five years.

In this regard, in a meeting with Spanish media last Monday, representatives of the Australian fund stated that they feel "very comfortable" with investments in the country, where the firm remains attentive to the opportunities that may arise.

"We think in terms of decades, not years," said the Global Infrastructure Manager of IFM, Kyle Mangini, who stressed that, in the case of Naturgy, where they hold a 14.5% stake, the entity expects to "stay for a long time."

In any case, the executive of the Australian fund defended that, assuming that there are always changes in the regulatory environment, as a long-term investor, IFM likes "consistency and predictability."

For her part, the Director of Infrastructure for Europe at IFM, Deepa Bharadwaj, pointed out that the entity evaluates different sectors "with an open approach" in view of the possibility of new investments in the country.