DWS grows European infra debt team

Asset manager DWS has promoted investment associate Adriano Sbroscia to its European infrastructure debt team, reporting to Sundeep Vyas, head of infrastructure debt in Europe

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – top tips – company awards

In the third in a series of Top Tips articles, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville maps out what subscribers need to do to impress the independent panel of judges for the IJInvestor Awards 2022

Ardian closes on second American infra fund

Ardian has closed its second-generation Americas Infrastructure fund – Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund V (AAIF V) – at $2.1 billion, exceeding its hard cap of $2 billion

IFC in talks for Safaricom equity stake

The IFC is in talks with the Global Partnership for Ethiopia consortium for a $160 million equity investment in the latter’s STE

AirTrunk closes first Japan data centre green loan

Asia Pacific-focused data centre company AirTrunk has reached financial close on a green loan for a data centre in West Tokyo

HSBC Alternatives completes recruitment of senior managers

HSBC Asset Management has appointed Victoria Sharpe and Scott McClurg to the senior leadership team within the alternatives division

Patrizia grows infra team

Patrizia has appointed new partners and a recently-created head of sustainable transformation as part of its strategic reorganisation

Palisade eyes NA mid-market infra

Australian-headquartered independent, specialist manager Palisade is set to make its market in the North American mid-market infrastructure market with the opening of a New York office

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – top tips – professional accolade

Following on a theme for this year – clarifying just who and what organisation should be submitting for which award – we are again laying down a marker to advise submitters how best to win awards

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – top tips – deal categories

This year, IJ has taken the executive decision to dispel confusion by mapping out the categories open for submission in IJInvestor Awards 2022… that went live earlier this week

Arjun hires head of ESG

European asset manager Arjun Infrastructure has appointed Rhyadd Keaney-Watkins as head of ESG

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – open for entries

It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of IJInvestor Awards 2022 – the fourth annual awards ceremony dedicated to funds and M&A activity in the energy and infrastructure markets

Liang joins Haitong from BOC

Kenton Liang has joined Haitong Bank in Macau as the managing director of structured finance

EdR’s BRIDGE-V to close at €2.5 billion

Edmond de Rothschild’s BRIDGE-V is to close in 8 weeks – with the aim of reaching €2.5 billion in fundraising

EQT sets €20bn target for sixth vintage

EQT has set the target size of €20 billion for its forthcoming, unlisted, closed-end EQT Infrastructure VI