AGCM confirms Asterion’s bid for Italian telco

Investment management firm Asterion Industrial Partners looks set to acquire a 78.4% stake in Italian cloud and data centre company Irideos from Fondi italiani per le infrastrutture, Italy’s competition authority Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato has confirmed

Slate expands global infra team

Jeff Rodgers has joined join Slate Asset Management as managing director, North American infrastructure, based in Toronto

Palisade Impact’s inaugural fund raises A$400m

Palisade Impact, Palisade Investment Partners' mid-market impact investing platform, has raised A$400 million mostly from institutions investors for its inaugural fund

Invesis chief executive to retire

Kieron Meade, chief executive officer of Invesis, has announced his departure from the firm after 7 years

IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 – Full Judging Panel

Now that the deadline to submit for IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 has passed, we are delighted to announce the remaining members of the judging panel

Jefferies’ Foy to join Credit Suisse

Timothy Foy, the head of infrastructure at Jefferies, has stepped down from the post for a new position at the Australian arm of the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse

South SF broadband RFP deadline delayed

The City of South San Francisco has extended the deadline for its broadband infrastructure RFP to 25 August

Allianz Trade promotes Aboo as Apac commercial director

Allianz Trade has promoted Shan Aboo to Asia Pacific commercial director from Asean chief executive officer

Asia debt fund targets $750m fundraising

A limited partner has passed a milestone to allocate capital to a debt fund in Asia targeting to raise $750 million

TA struggles with Philippines telco PPP advisory

Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s transaction adviser has re-advertised the recruitment of 2 advisers to assist with the development of infrastructure in New Clark City under a PPP model

Lender uncertainty delays Cityfibre syndication

Syndication on the £4.9 billion CityFibre facility has been delayed and lenders are “dragging their feet” because of perceived risks in the UK fibre market

Veteran energy and infra partner joins Curtis

Energy and infrastructure partner Andrei Baev has joined law firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle

DIF VII holds €2.2bn first close

The latest vintage of the DIF infrastructure fund series – DIF Infrastructure VII – recently held a first close at €2.2 billion

Liquid Tech consolidates with Telrad acquisition

Africa-focused technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired and delisted Israel-based telecoms company Telrad

Albrecht joins AIIB from Deutsche

Torsten Albrecht has arrived at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as principal investment officer for capital markets and structured products in South Asia and Asean