GS infra secondaries fund at $125.6m

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised $125.6 million for an infrastructure secondaries fund, according to SEC filings

First Sentier rebrands direct infrastructure business 

Global investment manager First Sentier Investors has revealed its direct infrastructure investment team will now be named Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Louise Marsden joins Mafic Partners

Project finance veteran Louise Marsden has this week joined New Zealand-based infrastructure advisory outfit Mafic Partners

EdR BRIDGE V hits €2 billion

Edmond de Rothschild’s BRIDGE-V strategy has hit €2 billion in commitments, an increase of €800 million since last October

Airtel to raise debt for African telecoms subsidiaries

Africa-focused mobile network operator Airtel has initiated talks with the IFC for $194 million of debt to both refinance and invest in its 7 subsidiaries across Sub-Saharan Africa

Phoenix Tower snaps up French Cellnex sites

Phoenix Tower International is set to acquire 3,200 telecoms sites in France from telecom operator Cellnex

IFM targets A$1bn for new private equity fund

IFM Investors is targeting a A$1 billion cap for its new Australia and New Zealand focused private equity fund – the Long Term Private Capital strategy

Brookfield JV to submit binding offer for Axicom

Brookfield Asset Management and OMERS have teamed up with US-based REIT American Tower to submit a binding takeover offer for Australian wireless infrastructure operator Axicom

Sonda wins Brazilian fibre PPP

Chilean IT giant Sonda has won the Infovia Digital fibre optic PPP in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Entel inks data centre sale

Chilean telco Entel has inked a sale agreement for 4 data centres

H1 first close for PEP’s second infra fund

Australian private markets fund manager Pacific Equity Partners is in the market for investors for its second infrastructure fund – Secure Asset Fund II

IJGlobal Awards 2021 – North America Company Winners

The North America company winners were announced last night at the IJGlobal Awards 2021, held at Gotham Hall in New York