Stafford Capital Partners has held the final close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV

Luis Alejandro Matus has been appointed executive director and head of infrastructure co-investments at UBS Asset Management

Harmoni Towers – a portfolio company of Palistar Capital – is set to acquire tower platform and build-to-suit provider Parallel Infrastructure from Apollo Global Management

Pierre Nicoli has stepped up from his role as senior adviser to iCON Infrastructure and has assumed the position of managing director, operating out of France

Long-serving La Banque Postale AM member René Kassis is leaving to pursue other opportunities in real private assets

Digital Transformation Capital Partners has held the second closing of its Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II at around €1 billion

Hamburg Commercial Bank has been mandated as lead arranger and cornerstone lender on the refinancing of broadband company Eurofiber Group

The EMEA telecoms lead for the London branch of SMBC is exiting the Japanese bank and is understood to be starting at a data centre company later this autumn

Sojitz Corporation and Helios have signed an MoU to collaborate on investment opportunities on energy and infra projects across Sub-Saharan Africa

KfW – the Germany development bank – has approved a €61.8 million loan to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health for the implementation of 2 projects in the healthcare sector

Barings has closed its inaugural Target Yield Infrastructure Debt Fund and associated vehicles at $630 million

Meridiam has prevailed in Magenta Telekom’s search for a JV partner to fund its fibre rollout in Austria, investing more than €1 billion

Herbert Smith Freehills has today strengthened its China finance practice with the appointment of Ellen Mao as partner

The IFC is considering an investment of up to $30 million to support WIOCC's entry into the data centre sector

Altice’s acquisition of a further 5.9% in BT shares which was announced last December has been given the all clear by the UK government