Maincubes equity divestment – details emerge

Equity ownership in German data centre developer Maincubes has changed hands, with a new co-majority owner brought in to accelerate the company’s €1 billion investment strategy

Details emerge on IFC’s investment into STE

The IFC is considering a $100 million senior loan for the GPE consortium’s $1 billion telecoms project in Ethiopia

DataVita appoints SFT veteran for expansion

Scottish data centre developer DataVita has appointed James King as a business development director to further the company’s expansion plans

Norway’s KLP invests in Oz infra investor

Norwegian pension fund KLP has pledged NOK 2 billion in financing to Australia-headquartered renewables infrastructure investor Quinbrook

Stack, ESR to build South Korea data centre

US data centre developer Stack Infrastructure has partnered with Hong Kong-based real assets manager ESR for a data centre in South Korea

IFC to advise Guinea-Bissau on telecom PPP

The government of Guinea-Bissau will be advised by the IFC on the restructuring of GuinéTelecom and GuinéTel as a PPP

DWS grows European infra debt team

Asset manager DWS has promoted investment associate Adriano Sbroscia to its European infrastructure debt team, reporting to Sundeep Vyas, head of infrastructure debt in Europe

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – top tips – company awards

In the third in a series of Top Tips articles, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville maps out what subscribers need to do to impress the independent panel of judges for the IJInvestor Awards 2022

Ardian closes on second American infra fund

Ardian has closed its second-generation Americas Infrastructure fund – Ardian Americas Infrastructure Fund V (AAIF V) – at $2.1 billion, exceeding its hard cap of $2 billion

IFC in talks for Safaricom equity stake

The IFC is in talks with the Global Partnership for Ethiopia consortium for a $160 million equity investment in the latter’s STE

AirTrunk closes first Japan data centre green loan

Asia Pacific-focused data centre company AirTrunk has reached financial close on a green loan for a data centre in West Tokyo

HSBC Alternatives completes recruitment of senior managers

HSBC Asset Management has appointed Victoria Sharpe and Scott McClurg to the senior leadership team within the alternatives division

Patrizia grows infra team

Patrizia has appointed new partners and a recently-created head of sustainable transformation as part of its strategic reorganisation

Palisade eyes NA mid-market infra

Australian-headquartered independent, specialist manager Palisade is set to make its market in the North American mid-market infrastructure market with the opening of a New York office

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – top tips – professional accolade

Following on a theme for this year – clarifying just who and what organisation should be submitting for which award – we are again laying down a marker to advise submitters how best to win awards