€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