Africa50 fund reaches $222.5m first close
Africa50 has achieved first close for the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, securing $222.5 million in commitments
DigitalBridge, Silver Lake invest in Vantage Data Centers
DigitalBridge and Silver Lake have led a $6.4 billion equity investment in Vantage Data Centers
Partners Group promotes MDs to infra heads
Partners Group has promoted 2 of its senior employees – Esther Peiner and David Daum – to head of infrastructure and head of European infrastructure respectively, based in Zug, Switzerland
ABN Amro appoints Kramer to lead sustainable fund
Dutch bank ABN Amro has appointed Tanja Kramer as head of its Sustainable Impact Fund based at the firm’s offices in Amsterdam
Infranity launches fourth senior infra debt strategy
Infranity – the infrastructure asset management subsidiary of Italy-based Generali Investments – has launched the fourth iteration of its investment strategy focusing on senior infrastructure debt, with a €1.5 billion target size
abrdn acquires stake in NGE Fibre
abrdn has made a strategic investment in NGE Fibre, a French fibre provider
AIIB loses senior investment operations official
Urjit R. Patel, former Reserve Bank of India governor and vice president for investment operations for Region 1 at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has decided to leave the multilateral due to family health matters
ST Telemedia nets $338m from perpetual bonds
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has priced a $338 million sustainability-linked perpetual bond offering
Oak Hill acquires Florida FTTH provider
Wire 3, an emerging fiber-to-the-home provider, has been acquired by Oak Hill Capital from Gugghenheim Investments
HSBC to launch transition infra debt strategy in 2024
HSBC Asset Management plans to launch an investment vehicle focusing on energy transition infrastructure debt in 2024, IJGlobal understands
DigitalBridge hires Yorulmaz as Europe co-head
DigitalBridge has appointed Ersin Yorulmaz as co-head of European capital formation at its Zurich office
Cordiant Digital completes Czech data centre expansion
A Cordiant Digital portfolio company, České Radiokomunikace, has completed the acquisition of Cloud4com and DC Lužice following acceptance from regulatory approvals and corporate requirements
EQT, EdgeConneX partner on data centre development
EQT Infrastructure has partnered with data centre provider EdgeConneX to develop and operate data centres for hyperscale customers on a global scale, following its acquisition of EdgeConneX in 2020
HSBC AM appoints Asia CIO
HSBC Asset Management has appointed Michael Cross as the chief investment officer for Asia, effective immediately
DLA Piper names sole country managing partner, Japan
DLA Piper has appointed Masahiko Ishida as sole country managing partner in Japan, effective immediately