IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Financial Adviser, EMEA

A total of 40 transactions closed over the course of the judging period and a general consensus that Rothschild & Co is a “very steady adviser” and that “they understand their clients” won it the financial adviser award for the EMEA region

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Financial Adviser, Global

Compliments for DC Advisory at the IJInvestor Awards 2022 judging session tended to be something of a double-edged sword – admiration for an exceptional financial adviser… tinged with memories of having sat on the opposite side of the table

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Debt Fund Manager EMEA

The independent panel of judges for IJInvestor Awards 2022 was so impressed by the BlackRock submission – against stiff competition – that it singled it out for honours in the EMEA category for the Debt Fund Manager award

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Direct Investor, Global

To win the IJInvestor Direct Investor Award in the Global category, you have to prove to the independent panel of judges that your organisation is impressive on an international basis… and CDPQ did just that

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Equity Fund Manager, EMEA

Ardian Infrastructure was voted by the independent panel of judges to win the IJInvestor Award 2022 in the Equity Fund Manager category in the EMEA region, beating off considerable competition

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – Equity Fund Manager, Global

As the independent panel of judges assessed the submissions for the Equity Fund Manager Award, there was one that held the eye from first to last… which is why Brookfield Infrastructure Partners wins the Global category

DigitalBridge and IFM take Switch private

DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors have taken private Las Vegas-based data centre company Switch in an all-cash transaction valued at $11 billion

Arcus enters data centre market in Germany

Arcus Infrastructure Partners will buy the entirety of SDC SpaceNet DataCenter from SpaceNet – its first data centre acquisition and Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 3's second investment

BlackRock Alternatives closes fund at €415m

BlackRock Alternatives’ Private Infrastructure Opportunities European Long Term Investment Fund has hit a final close with 415 million in commitments – exceeding its target

Cube set to invest in Italian fibre project

Cube Infrastructure Managers – via its Connecting Europe Broadband fund – is set to invest around €50 million for the first phase of a fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-office project, operated by ClioFiber in Italy

International consortium finances German fibre roll-out

A consortium of 6 international banks is providing €325 million in financing to Kiel-based TNG Glasfaser for a fibre-optic network expansion

Airtel Africa secures IFC loan

The International Finance Corporation has issued an $194 million loan to Airtel Africa to support the connection of millions of subscribers to mobile internet in 6 African countries

Walker to leave Morrison

Nicole Walker is stepping down as chief commercial officer at Morrison & Co to dedicate more time to her family – and will leave at the end of March

Major boost for Bulgarian broadband

Vivacom, the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria, is to invest 1 million lev into building a satellite network portal for UK-based company OneWeb

RFP for West Virginia country broadband P3

Jefferson County in West Virginia has issued an RFP seeking a private partner for its GigReady broadband implementation project