The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients.

Swiss Re announced in 2012 that it would engage in long-term financing of infrastructure businesses and assets. For this purpose it committed an initial USD 500 million for investments in senior secured debt of infrastructure businesses and assets located primarily in northern Europe. The investment was made through the Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions (MIDIS) business platform.