D9 makes directorate changes

Listed digital infra investor Digital 9 has made a number of directorate changes, including the replacement of its chair and the appointment of a non-executive director

EC approves Polish telecoms sale

The European Commission has approved Polish mobile network operator Play’s $1.8 billion acquisition of television operator UPC Poland

KKR raises $17bn for fund IV

KKR has held a final closing of its largest ever infrastructure vehicle KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV at $17 billion

Guardian Capital launches direct investment arm

Financial services company Guardian Capital Group has launched a direct private infrastructure investment business

Austrian fibre company seeks partner

Magenta Telekom – part of the Deutsche Telekom Group – is reportedly seeking a 50:50 joint venture partner to fund its fibre roll out across Austria

EQT appoints COO

EQT has appointed Christina Drews as chief operating officer

Zachariah to leave AIIB for London role

Benny Zachariah is understood next week to be exiting his role as senior investment officer for financial institutions and syndications at the AIIB in Beijing for a new role in London

Manager raising fresh vintage

A London-based asset manager has begun fundraising for the sixth iteration of its flagship equity product

Investors line up for Oz telecom sale

Two investors are believed to be advancing bids to acquire ASX-listed telecom company Uniti Group

Swiss data centres up for grabs

Independent private equity and venture capital firm Waterland, is reportedly considering a sale of Netrics, its Swiss data centre operator and digital services provider

Rural broadband P3 signed in South Carolina

Dorchester County Government has reached a $17.1 million P3 agreement with Home Telecom and Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative to expand high-speed internet access to the western part of the county

SpaceDC taps into Chinese data centres

Singaporean data centre company SpaceDC has partnered with China-based Centrin Data to provide data centres and services in China

Rancho Cordova FiberCity construction to begin

Patrizia Infrastructure – a division of investment manager Patrizia AG – has started construction on its Rancho Cordova FiberCity network in California

UBS appoints co heads of APAC M&A

UBS has confirmed the appointments of Nick Brown and Samson Lo as co-heads of Asia Pacific M&A offering, as the Swiss bank restructures its leadership team

InfraVia V closes at €5bn hard cap

InfraVia has closed its fifth flagship infrastructure product at the hard cap of €5 billion