Dutch fibre business refinanced

Hamburg Commercial Bank has been mandated as lead arranger and cornerstone lender on the refinancing of broadband company Eurofiber Group

Telecoms lead exits SMBC London

The EMEA telecoms lead for the London branch of SMBC is exiting the Japanese bank and is understood to be starting at a data centre company later this autumn

Sojitz and Helios sign African infra MoU

Sojitz Corporation and Helios have signed an MoU to collaborate on investment opportunities on energy and infra projects across Sub-Saharan Africa

KfW backs Uzbek health system reform

KfW – the Germany development bank – has approved a €61.8 million loan to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health for the implementation of 2 projects in the healthcare sector

Barings closes $630m debt fund

Barings has closed its inaugural Target Yield Infrastructure Debt Fund and associated vehicles at $630 million

Meridiam to partner with Austria’s Magenta Telekom

Meridiam has prevailed in Magenta Telekom’s search for a JV partner to fund its fibre rollout in Austria, investing more than €1 billion

HSF expands China practice with Hong Kong hire

Herbert Smith Freehills has today strengthened its China finance practice with the appointment of Ellen Mao as partner

IFC mulls support for WIOCC’s data centre entry

The IFC is considering an investment of up to $30 million to support WIOCC's entry into the data centre sector

Altice’s BT acquisition given all clear

Altice’s acquisition of a further 5.9% in BT shares which was announced last December has been given the all clear by the UK government

AGCM confirms Asterion’s bid for Italian telco

Investment management firm Asterion Industrial Partners looks set to acquire a 78.4% stake in Italian cloud and data centre company Irideos from Fondi italiani per le infrastrutture, Italy’s competition authority Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato has confirmed

Slate expands global infra team

Jeff Rodgers has joined join Slate Asset Management as managing director, North American infrastructure, based in Toronto

Palisade Impact’s inaugural fund raises A$400m

Palisade Impact, Palisade Investment Partners' mid-market impact investing platform, has raised A$400 million mostly from institutions investors for its inaugural fund

Invesis chief executive to retire

Kieron Meade, chief executive officer of Invesis, has announced his departure from the firm after 7 years

IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 – Full Judging Panel

Now that the deadline to submit for IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022 has passed, we are delighted to announce the remaining members of the judging panel

Jefferies’ Foy to join Credit Suisse

Timothy Foy, the head of infrastructure at Jefferies, has stepped down from the post for a new position at the Australian arm of the embattled Swiss bank Credit Suisse