Societe Generale infrastructure veteran Robert Ogden has this month left the French bank for a director role at SMBC

Meridiam has reached financial close on the Alberta Broadband Networks project that will bring fibre connectivity in the greater Edmonton region

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario has reached an agreement to invest up to $450 million in DataBank, the largest edge infrastructure operator in the US

Pierfront Capital Fund Management at the end of last week hit final close on Keppel-Pierfront Private Credit Fund with a total investable capital of $700 million

OCU Group – via O’Connor Utilities, its northern operating unit – is set to acquire a majority stake in Leeds-based telecoms contracting business InICT Limited

The UK arm of KPMG has this month made up infrastructure veteran David Hirst to partner, effective immediately

Vodafone Portugal is set to buy Cabonitel – which owns Nowo, one of the 4 triple play operators in Portugal – from Másmóvil Ibercom for an undisclosed sum

Macquarie Capital, the advisory arm of Macquarie, has this month appointed Michael Lord as managing director within its digital infrastructure team

Capital markets company Principal Global Investors has bought Manchester-based Getronics Data Centre for £41.56 million via its Principal European Data Centre Fund I

MUFG has hired Santhosh Rao away from Natixis as managing director, operating out of New York

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners-backed Cologix has appointed Laura Ortman as CEO effective 12 October, replacing Bill Fathers

The government expects to deliver more financially viable and well-structured PPPs following the revised implementing rules and regulations for the BOT law