DIF Capital Partners has commenced fundraising on 2 new vehicles with a combined fundraising target of €5.5 billion

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, has reached final close on its Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund IV with $14 billion of aggregate capital commitments

IJ is delighted today to be publishing the shortlist for the Europe and Africa company section of the IJGlobal Awards 2021 which will be hosted in The Londoner at Leicester Square on 16 March

The state government of Rio de Janeiro has signed an MoU with 3 Italian companies for the development of new smart city projects

Brookfield’s super core infrastructure fund and pension fund Alecta will acquire a 49% stake in Telia’s tower business in Sweden for an estimated SEK 5,500 million

Australian telecoms giant Telstra has today unveiled a 5-year investment strategy aimed at enabling “unprecedented levels of connectivity across Australia”

Queensland’s state-owned investment firm QIC has today launched its new Australian multi-sector private credit offering headed by former AMP Capital global head of infrastructure debt Andrew Jones

A global fund manager has held final close on its equity and debt strategies

Telstra Purple, the services and consulting arm of Australian telecom giant Telstra, has this week acquired a 100% interest in network and connectivity provider Aqura Technologies for A$30 million

German real assets investor Patrizia has closed the acquisition of Whitehelm Capital, ending the latter’s 23-year spell as an independent investor

Listed infrastructure debt investor Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund has appointed Andrea Finegan as an independent consultant

The Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico has issued an RFP seeking a private partner to DBFOM a broadband network that will provide internet service to all homes and businesses throughout the area

The fourth vintage of a large European infrastructure manager is expected to be launched later this year

Maria Muñoz has joined Credit Agricole CIB as director in its Latin American project finance team