A large UK pension fund has committed more than $1.6 billion to private markets, as part of a multi-billion dollar private markets programme announced in July 2021

Brazilian law firm Veirano Advogados has promoted Paula Surerus to managing partner for the 2022-2023 term

Cantor Fitzgerald is to launch a sustainable infrastructure fund by Q2 2022 to invest strategically in a portfolio of private institutional investment funds, as well as public infrastructure securities

Quebec-based telecoms developer NuRAN Wireless has agreed with a DFI the terms for a $15 million loan to finance a $30 million network rollout in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Large scale data centre developer Echelon Data Centres has secured €850 million in debt from American investment firm Starwood Capital Group for the development of 4 data centres in Ireland

Tom Butcher, the managing director and the co-head of energy and infrastructure at Credit Suisse, will be leaving the bank to join Macquarie Capital next month

The government of Bangladesh and the International Development Association have agreed on a $295 million loan to implement the Enhancing Digital Government & Economy project in the country

Among 54 lawyers globally entering its 2022 partner class, Norton Rose Fulbright promoted 3 in Asia Pacific

Marguerite has completed the sale of its stakes in 3 French fibre-to-the-home concessions to industrial partner Altitude Infrastructure THD

Hyperscale data centre developer Colt Data Centre Services is set to progress with the rollout of greenfield hyperscale facilities, having secured land for the developments

G.Network, the owner and operator of London’s fibre infrastructure, has appointed former Transport for London boss Simon Kilonback as its new chief financial officer

Dutch financial services company TMF Group has completed the acquisition of Paraty Capital – a Brazilian fund administration platform focused on private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt funds

Cloud Capital, an affiliate of CloudHQ, has hired Christof Hammerli as a managing director in Florida

Star America has announced the final close of Star America Infrastructure Fund II, its North American greenfield infrastructure focused fund

Gresham House – through its British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund strategy to “improve digital inclusion in under-served communities in the UK” – has invested £164 million in Borderlink Broadband