Natixis infra head takes new role in London

Pascal Soldaini – managing director and head of infrastructure and energy finance in the UK for Natixis CIB – has started a new assignment within the London branch

DigitalBridge nears $3.2bn on third flagship

US-based digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge has raised around $3.2 billion for its third flagship investment vehicle, according to latest results

GDS inks solar PPA in Malaysia

GDS Holdings has signed a 21-year virtual power purchase agreement to supply solar power to one of its data centers in Malaysia

BNDES to finance fibre expansion

Brazilian development bank BNDES will provide ICT firm Proxxima Telecomunicações with a financial package to expand broadband and internet coverage in the states of Rio Grande Norte and Paraíba

Iliad Group, NJJ Holding agree to acquire Tele2 stake

Freya Investissement, an investment vehicle co-owned by the Iliad Group and NJJ Holding, has reached a binding agreement with Kinnevik to acquire 19.8% of Class A and B shares in Tele2, for a about SEK 13 billion

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