Macquarie secondaries fund eyes Q1 2025 close

Macquarie Alliance Partners – the secondaries arm of Macquarie Asset Management – is expected to reach final close on its first infra secondaries fund in Q1 2025

Barrio Energy acquires Texas data centre

Houston-based Barrio Energy has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art 12MW data centre located west of downtown Tyler, Texas

Adaro’s cross-border solar farm launch

The formal launch of a jumbo debt financing for Adaro’s cross-border solar farm to supply power to Singapore will likely happen by Q4 2024

WPP infra investments – details

A group of Welsh local government pension schemes has only invested £144 million of their infrastructure program

Glasfaser lands debt for German fibre expansion

GVG Glasfaser has secured an €85 million debt package from a 3-strong lending club to finance its fibre network expansion in Germany

Singapore wealth fund prices CNY bonds

Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has priced offshore CNY bonds totaling $377 million across 2 tranches

London LGPS makes infra funds commitments

The London Borough of Waltham Forest Pension Fund has made commitments to 2 infrastructure funds as part of asset allocation rotation

Mubadala invests in Yondr Group, Netherlands

Mubadala Investment Company has invested in hyperscale data centre developer Yondr Group, in cooperation with funds managed by Apollo Global Management

First close imminent for Foundation infra debt fund, US

New York-based manager Foundation Credit will soon reach first close on its second infrastructure debt fund

PSERS backs Blackstone European fund

Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System has committed €200 million to an open-ended European infrastructure fund managed by Blackstone

Virginia pension fund commits to infra funds

The Virginia Retirement System has increased its exposure to real assets, including to commitments to 2 infrastructure funds

Scala raises $250m for data centre in Brazil

Scala Data Centers has raised $250 million in green debentures for the company’s SGRUTB09 data centre in Brazil, the largest in Latin America

Greystar launches infra division with US hire

Real estate investment manager Greystar has expanded into infrastructure with the hire of industry veteran Michael Hoverman

IJInvestor Awards 2024 – Americas judges (so far)

IJInvestor, a service of IJGlobal, is delighted to announce the judges that have signed up to for the IJInvestor Awards Americas 2024