Macquarie JV drags Uniti to table with new bid

The joint venture of Macquarie and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has today lodged a higher bid for ASX-listed Uniti Group, forcing the digital infrastructure owner to end its exclusivity agreement with Morrison & Co

Suitors line up for rebranded AMP as demerger looms

At least 2 investors are believed to be vying to make binding offers to acquire AMP Capital – recently rebranded as Collimate Capital – as the Sydney-headquartered firm prepares to finalise its proposed demerger

SCOR IP launches fourth loan fund

SCOR Investment Partners has recently launched SCOR Infrastructure Loans IV, the fourth vintage of its senior secured infrastructure debt strategies

RFP deadline approaches for New Mexico broadband P3

Responses are due 29 March to the RFP issued by the Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico to DBFOM a broadband network

Latham hires private equity and M&A partner

Latham & Watkins has hired Bruce Herzog as a partner in its private equity and M&A practices and a member of the corporate department, based in Houston

CPP Investments, Pacific to develop Korea's largest data ...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and real estate specialist Pacific Asset Management have formed a $165 million JV to develop the largest carrier-neutral hyperscale data centre in South Korea

ADB approves $300m for Pakistan’s sustainablity programme

Asian Development Bank has approved a $300 million loan to develop Pakistan’s capital markets, promote private investment in the country, and help mobilize domestic resources to finance sustainable growth

Agarwal now wears two hats at CDPQ

Saurabh Agarwal is managing director for India, CDPQ announced

GS infra secondaries fund at $125.6m

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised $125.6 million for an infrastructure secondaries fund, according to SEC filings

First Sentier rebrands direct infrastructure business 

Global investment manager First Sentier Investors has revealed its direct infrastructure investment team will now be named Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Louise Marsden joins Mafic Partners

Project finance veteran Louise Marsden has this week joined New Zealand-based infrastructure advisory outfit Mafic Partners

EdR BRIDGE V hits €2 billion

Edmond de Rothschild’s BRIDGE-V strategy has hit €2 billion in commitments, an increase of €800 million since last October

Airtel to raise debt for African telecoms subsidiaries

Africa-focused mobile network operator Airtel has initiated talks with the IFC for $194 million of debt to both refinance and invest in its 7 subsidiaries across Sub-Saharan Africa