First close at €700m for mid-market infra fund

A European mid-market asset manager has held a €700 million first close on its third infrastructure fund vintage

PINT invests in DELTA Fibre

London-listed infrastructure fund Pantheon Infrastructure, has invested €26.5 million in DELTA Fibre, a digital infrastructure company which owns and operates regional fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure in the Netherlands

Tiger Infrastructure flagship fund raises $1.25bn

Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ third flagship fund, Tiger Infrastructure Partners Fund III – has closed at its hard cap with $1.25 billion in equity commitments

Citi moves up Allegos

The Australian arm of Citi has this week made up Alex Allegos to head of corporate banking in charge of its operations in Australia and New Zealand

John Laing appoints new director

London-headquartered John Laing has appointed Robert Newton as a director in its portfolio and risk management team

Junior debt fund deployment sets up third vintage

The deployment of a European sub-investment grade debt fund is expected to reach the threshold deployment by year end to set up the launch of a new vehicle in 2023, as the manager explores a strategy between senior and junior

FONSIS and USTDA to collaborate on Senegalese infra

Senegal’s sovereign wealth fund FONSIS has signed an MoU with the USTDA to collaborate on the nation’s infra sector

Hunt Ryan takes to helm of new Bechtel division

US engineering firm Bechtel has launched a manufacturing and technology division – which will play a significant role in digital infrastructure – that is to be headed by Catherine Hunt Ryan

France's FTTH mega-project reaches FC

Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners today reached financial close on a fully-underwritten digital infra deal in France – SDFAST FTTH

D9 acquires Finnish data centre stake

Triple Point Investment Management's digital infra vehicle Digital 9 Infrastructure has acquired an 86% interest in Ficolo, a Finnish data centre owner-operator, from Taaleri and Pontos

Lightning Fibre makes board appointments

Lightning Fibre – the digital infrastructure group set up by UK-based investment manager Foresight Group – today made 2 new appointments to its board as the company progresses with planned expansion

Macquarie’s Wong crops up at Stonepeak

The former co-head of Macquarie Capital, Daniel Wong, has today been announced as the new head of Europe at New York headquartered infrastructure investment firm Stonepeak

Thor enters digital infra with acquisition, Spain

New York headquartered real estate developer Thor Equities is planning its first move into the digital infrastructure sector with the acquisition of rights to a data centre development in Spain

Ardian closes largest infra secondaries fund at $5.25bn

Ardian has raised $5.25 billion for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure

Cellnex acquires additional Portuguese telecoms assets

Cellnex Telecom has acquired an additional portfolio of 350 sites – towers and rooftops – from Portuguese mobile operator NOS, valued at €155 million