Freshfields adds Bell to private funds practice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Ivet Bell as partner in its private funds and secondaries group, based in New York
Ohio SERS commits $55m to real asset co-invests
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has made 3 commitments to infra fund co-investment sidecars
CNSS makes additional investment in TDB shares
Djibouti’s Caisse Nationale de Securité Sociale has invested an additional $5.4 million in the capital stock of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank
EXA Infrastructure appoints Jim Fagan as chief executive
EXA Infrastructure has announced that Jim Fagan will join the company as chief executive from 1 August 2024
DLA Piper consolidates investment funds practice
DLA Piper has merged its investment management and institutional investor practices to create a consolidated investment funds practice group, based in Chicago and Austin
Marguerite closes SWAN stake acquisition
Marguerite has completed the acquisition of a “substantial minority stake” in Slovakian telco SWAN, with a capital increase of €50 million through its third fund
Eastspring appoints CIO, Singapore
Eastspring Investments has appointed Vis Nayar as its chief investment officer, to be based in Singapore
CVC closes $6.8bn Asia fund
CVC has closed its sixth Asia fund, CVC Capital Partners Asia VI, with $6.8 billion in commitments
Fiera Capital opens Swiss office in European build-out
Canadian asset manager Fiera Capital has opened an office in Zurich to implement its “regionalised distribution model”, serving as a primary hub for the firm’s business across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
MAPFRE sells Spanish data centre
MAPFRE has sold a 10MW data centre in Alcalá de Henares to an unknown buyer through a lease and sellback agreement
Pátria launches greenfield infra fund, Brazil
Pátria Investments is partnering with development banks and the private sector to launch credit fund for greenfield infrastructure to finance small and medium-sized projects across Brazil
Stake in German telco on sale
InfraRed Capital Partners is preparing the sale of its stake in German telco Deutsche GigaNetz, IJGlobal has learned
Moody's appoints APAC chief credit officer
Moody’s Investors Service has appointed Gong Cheng as its chief credit officer for Asia-Pacific
BNDES invests in 5G expansion
Brazilian development bank BNDES has approved R$15.6 million in financing to Clemar Engenharia to expand 5G mobile networks across the country