€470m final close for SWEN fund

SWEN Capital Partners has held final close of its fourth vintage SWEN Infra Multi-Select 4 at €470 million

IJGlobal ESG Awards – the 2022 winners

Today’s news has been dominated by a host of stories celebrating the winners from last night’s IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 hosted at the Honourable Artillery Company, London. Here you can read the full line-up...

Digital 9 acquires Arqiva Group

Digital 9 Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of a 51.76% stake in Arqiva Group – a UK data network and communications service provider

EXA Infrastructure to invest in Portuguese transport infra

Digital infra platform EXA Infrastructure will expand its network and invest in a new Southern European transport route across the Iberian Peninsula

EQT offshoot raises €1bn for FTTH roll-out

EQT portfolio company GlobalConnect has today raised a €1 billion additional facility from a pool of existing lenders to fund planned fibre expansions

Close of Emitel acquisition expected imminently

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is expected get final regulatory approval on a binding agreement with the shareholders of digital infra business Emitel to complete the acquisition in November

Kirkland & Ellis hires in CC infra M&A expert

Infrastructure transactions expert Toby Parkinson is set to join Kirkland & Ellis as partner to co-lead of the firm’s expansion in the infrastructure and energy sectors

abrdn appoints new infra focused investment manager

London-based Juan Guillermo Cediel-Cortés has been promoted to investment manager within global investment company abrdn’s core infrastructure team

Q3 Funds Report – a record year guaranteed

Having compiled all the IJInvestor data on infrastructure closed-end fundraising for the third quarter of 2022, the headline figure already almost outstrips full-year 2021… with a record-breaking tally clearly on the cards

Cube Infrastructure to buy German data centre business

Mid-market investor Cube Infrastructure Managers is set to acquire Frankfurt-based data centre business firstcolo from EMERAM Capital Partners and Diva-e Excellence

Octopus Sustainable Infrastructure Fund – details emerge

Octopus Investments’ newly unveiled fund aimed at “next generation infrastructure assets” is aiming for first close in Q1 2023 backed by institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds

Vodafone secures partner for German fibre roll-out

Vodafone Group has partnered with Altice following its search for a 50:50 JV partner and expects to receive up to €1.2 billion from the telecoms business

CBRE IM names 2 directors for Europe

CBRE Investment Management has appointed Gioia Torresi and Pav Lamba as directors in the European private direct infrastructure team

Foresight confirms UK alt net investment

Foresight Group has completed a‘significant’ investment in full fibre technology business Fibre & Wireless Networks, supporting the roll-out of its FTTP network