Deals:
Abrdn and TCED reach financial close on anaerobic digestion plant in the U.K.
Ancala has added a 5-megawatt green energy plant to its Central and Eastern European EU Renewables Platform.
Arcus Infrastructure Partners has acquired a majority interest in FixMap, a Polish fiber-to-the-home business.
CDPQ to acquire Brookfield’s 25% stake in First Hydro Company, an electricity generation and storage facility in the United Kingdom.
Cube Infrastructure Managers concludes largest co-investment program to date as Railpen acquires 25% stake in Verdis, a Nordic municipal waste collection operator that was acquired by Cube in November 2023.
CVC DIF has agreed to acquire CTC Moyson Airport Equipment from the Moyson family and S-P-S International from Strikwerda Investments, combining the two with HiSERV to form one of the largest airport GSE providers in Europe.
Indigo Group has completed the acquisition of APCOA’s Belgian subsidiary.
InfraVia Capital Partners-backed Blue Phoenix Group has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in Recycling Kombinatie REKO, which specializes in the production of reusable raw materials, based in the Netherlands.
Manulife Investment Management has acquired a controlling interest in Serverfarm, a global leader in data center management as-a-service, currently operating a portfolio of eight data centers across North America, Europe and Israel.
NextEnergy Capital acquires 110MW solar PV project in Spain.
Octopus Energy has acquired four advanced solar park developments in the UK from BayWa with a total planned capacity of 222 MWp.
Penta Infra, a fast-growing provider of reliable and sustainable data centers in Europe, has acquired a site in Copenhagen to be developed into a data center of more than 20,000 square meters.
Fundraising:
Allianz Global Investors has completed the first closing of its Impact Private Credit strategy after securing €560 million of total commitments from institutional investors in Europe.
Brookfield Asset Management has announced an initial closing of $2.4 billion for its Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), nearly crossing the halfway mark to its $5 billion target. CTF will invest in clean-energy and transition assets in emerging markets in South and Central America, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
BNP Paribas Asset Management has raised €150 million for its BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, reaching its minimum target size, with a hard cap at €200 million.
EQT’s Active Core Infrastructure fund has held its final close with $3.2 billion of commitments, including $300 million of fee-generating co-investments.
Golding Capital Partners has raised €210 million in capital commitments for its Golding Infrastructure Co-Investment 2023 fund in a first closing, reaching more than a third of the fund’s target volume.
HSBC Asset Management is growing its private credit platform with the addition of the new global transition infrastructure debt strategy, for which it has already attracted more than $240 million in client commitments.
Infranity achieves successful launch of its Enhanced Return Debt Fund with over €1.6 billion in investor commitments.
RoundShield has closed its RS Fund V with more than $1 billion of investor commitments. The investment vehicle will be deployed in asset-backed private credit investments with a primary focus on real assets sectors.
Movers & Promotions:
Aquila Capital enters into the French market with the hiring of René Kassis as business development partner.
Arjun Infrastructure Partners continues European expansion with Paris office growth following licencing approval.
Richard Oldfield has been appointed as Group Chief Executive at Schroders plc, succeeding Peter Harrison, to take effect in November.
Current Mandates:
Investment Associate (ESG) - Private Equity
London
Investment Associate – Infrastructure
Paris/Madrid
Investment Senior Associate – Renewables
London
Investment VP – Energy Transition
Milan
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