SMBC closes $200m fund for Colombian energy, infra

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and financial advisory firm LarrainVial have closed a $200 million Colombia-focused debt fund

Update: Future Fiber raises debt financing

Future Fiber has made its debut debt to deliver roll-out open-access fiber-to-the-home networks across the US

Eastdil Secured hires digital infra head

Global real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured has hired Rob Walters as managing director, based in the firm’s Washington DC office

Credit Agricole hires infra director

Credit Agricole CIB has hired Henry Manson as director within its infrastructure coverage team in London under managing director Mike Nowak

Colombia Móvil secures $48m financing

Colombian telecoms firm Colombia Móvil has secured a Ps197.4 billion loan from IDB Invest

Emitel refinances senior debt

Polish telecoms operator Emitel has secured a PLN 1.57 billion refinancing loan from a consortium of lenders

EU pledges over $50bn to Lat Am, Caribbean

The EU has launched the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda, pledging to invest over €45 billion in the region until 2027

Latest EQT fund holds first close at €11bn

Asset manager EQT held a first close on its flagship infrastructure equity fund last week a €11 billion

Smith follows UKIB with Stout role

Established infrastructure banker Geoff Smith has joined Stout UK as London-based managing director and head of debt advisory, joining from the UK Infrastructure Bank which he exited at the end of June

UOB’s Ang slips into expanded role

Christopher Ang has taken over an expanded role as group head for infrastructure and project finance at UOB

Australian super invests in DigitalBridge-backed data cen...

Australia’s Aware Super has decided to invest up to $500 million in Switch, a 100% renewable-powered data centre platform backed by a DigitalBridge-managed investment entity

iCON latest fund vintage 30% deployed

The flagship equity fund of an infrastructure manager has deployed more than 30% of the capital it raised at final close last year across 6 deals

KKR, Entel's Telefónica Peru fibre buy-in – details

Financing details of KKR and Entel’s acquisition of 64% of wholesale fibre optic company PangeaCo – a Peruvian subsidiary of Telefónica Hispanoamérica – have emerged

AirTrunk out with jumbo sustainability-linked loan

Lenders are processing a jumbo $3.1 billion sustainability-linked syndicated senior debt facility for Macquarie and Public Sector Pension Investment Board-owned data centre operator AirTrunk