3i Infrastructure closes on GCX

UK investment business 3i Infrastructure’s acquisition of global data communications service provider Global Cloud Xchange has closed for $377 million

Golding closes 2 infra funds at combined €1.5bn

Golding Capital Partners has held final closings for 2 infrastructure funds with total commitments of some €1.5 billion

Deutsche GigaNetz secures debt for fibre roll-out

InfraRed Capital Partners-backed Deutsche GigaNetz has secured financing for its roll-out strategy as it awaits regulatory approval for a new equity partner

MAM makes 2 new appointments

Macquarie Asset Management has made 2 new senior appointments in its global and Italian teams

IFC appoints LatAm director

The International Finance Corporation has appointed a new regional director for Latin America, based in São Paulo

Italian impact fund hits €460 million

An Italian impact-focused fund has hit €460 million so far, taking it halfway to its €1 billion target

InfraRed hires in investment director

International infrastructure investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners has named Charlie Scott as its new investment director

Sunrise to acquire EBL’s telecom division

Switzerland’s largest private telecommunications company Sunrise is set to acquire the telecom division of Swiss utility company Elektra Basel Land for an undisclosed sum

AFC and Mizuho Bank sign Africa MoU

The AFC and Mizuho Bank have signed an MoU to collaborate on energy and infrastructure project financing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stafford secondaries fund closes at €733m

Stafford Capital Partners has held the final close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV

UBS hires new head of infra

Luis Alejandro Matus has been appointed executive director and head of infrastructure co-investments at UBS Asset Management

Harmoni Towers to acquire Parallel Infrastructure

Harmoni Towers – a portfolio company of Palistar Capital – is set to acquire tower platform and build-to-suit provider Parallel Infrastructure from Apollo Global Management

Nicoli steps up at iCON

Pierre Nicoli has stepped up from his role as senior adviser to iCON Infrastructure and has assumed the position of managing director, operating out of France

Kassis to depart La Banque Postale

Long-serving La Banque Postale AM member René Kassis is leaving to pursue other opportunities in real private assets

DTCP fund holds second close at €1bn

Digital Transformation Capital Partners has held the second closing of its Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II at around €1 billion