UK infrastructure manager InfraRed Capital Partners plans to open an office in Germany this year to access opportunities in the country and in Austria and Switzerland

The Export-Import Bank of India has priced a $1 billion 10-year bond sale, becoming first issuer from the country this year to print a US dollar global bond

Mubadala has merged its 2 existing infra units as part of a restructuring of its Real Estate & Infrastructure Investments platform

Blackstone has brought in $2.43 billion to date for the fourth iteration of its infrastructure secondaries programme, SEC filings show

Asset management firm Ninety One has appointed Alper Kilic as its head of alternative credit effective immediately

Nokia has completed the sale of Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to the French state for an enterprise value of €350 million

Clifford Capital, the Singapore-headquartered infrastructure credit platform, has expanded into asset management

Stonepeak-backed Digital Edge has raised over $1.6bn through equity and debt financings to accelerate its data centre growth across the Asia Pacific

David Brooks has been appointed head of Fitch Ratings for Australia, succeeding John Miles who is set to retire next month. The appointment is effective immediately

Carlyle Group has raised around $1.075 billion in total to date for its second infrastructure credit fund, according to SEC filings

Swisscom has closed its acquisition of Vodafone Italia in a deal which will see its Fastweb brand merge with the newly acquired company to form Fastweb + Vodafone

Tiger Infrastructure Partners has raised $510 million to date for its fourth infrastructure fund, according to SEC filings

JLC Infrastructure has closed its second flagship fund above target at $925 million

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Swisscom has received clearance from Italian competition authorities for its €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone Italia