Peru prequals bidders for 4G upgrades
Peruvian investment promotion agency ProInversión has prequalified 4 bidders for the award of the AWS-3 and 2.3GHz Radio Spectrum Band projects
ADB launches SME fund for frontier markets
Asian Development Bank has launched fund ADB Frontier to invest in small and medium-sized enterprises at frontier markets in Asia Pacific
Squire Patton Boggs appoints Tan from K&L Gates
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Lian Yok Tan as its Singapore-based partner focusing on energy and infrastructure practices
Ardian completes INWIT sell down
Ardian has completed the sell-down of its directly and indirectly held shareholding in Italian telecoms business Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane, now exceeding the 30% threshold
Stonepeak recapitalises euNetworks
Stonepeak has recapitalised bandwidth infra business euNetworks, alongside strategic investments from APG and IMCO
Virtus opens up in Berlin
UK-based data centre operator Virtus has launched its first data centre project outside of the UK with a campus to be built in Berlin, Germany
Swiss Life AM launches second value-add fund vintage
Swiss Life Asset Managers has launched the second fund in its value-add strategy, a part of its growing Infrastructure Equity platform
Arch Street Capital enters US infrastructure sector
Real estate and investment advisory firm Arch Street Capital Advisors will enter the infrastructure sector in the US with an up to $3 billion mandate
Burges Salmon hires UK corporate, M&A partner
Burges Salmon has appointed AJ Venter as partner in its corporate and M&A team based in Edinburgh
Patrizia names new CEO and COO
The board of directors of Patrizia, the global real assets manager, have named Asoka Wöhrmann as CEO designate and Slava Shafir as chief operating officer
Colorado county issues RFP for broadband P3
Mesa County in Colorado has issued an RFP seeking service provider partners for a broadband initiative via a P3
I Squared’s money man quits
Andreas Moon – lauded as “rainmaker” and the “money man” at I Squared – has this week quit his role as head of IR and fundraising at the Miami-based infrastructure fund
WPP, GCM Grosvenor partner on infra investments
UK Government pension pool Wales Pension Partnership has appointed NASDAQ-listed alternative investment manager GCM Grosvenor as its partner for infrastructure investments
Sequoia board member steps down
Sarika Patel, board member and head of the audit committee for LSE-listed Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund, will step down at the fund’s next annual general meeting in August
Northern Fibre Holding locks in €240m facility
German digital infrastructure company Northern Fibre Holding today announced that it has secured a €240 million loan package from a consortium of 5 European lenders to facilitate growth in the German market