Marguerite offloads Italian telecoms stake

Investment management firm Asterion Industrial Partners has agreed to acquire Marguerite’s 19.6% stake in Italian cloud and data centre company Irideos

FC imminent on Glasfaser Nordwest facility

The joint venture of Deutsche Telekom and regional utility EWE is pulling together a group of lenders to finance the planned roll out of fibre in north west Germany

New Mexico SIC allocates to Macquarie, Brookfield funds

The New Mexico State Investment Council has made commitments worth $250 million to funds managed by Brookfield and Macquarie

IJInvestor Awards 2022 – The Shortlist

IJGlobal is delighted today to be announcing the shortlist for IJInvestor Awards 2022 – the event we host to celebrate infrastructure and energy M&A and successful developments among the infra funds

UBS AM to acquire German fibre business

UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets is set to acquire German fibre-to-the-home operator Sewikom

IFC, ADB approve $55m for Maldivian telco

IFC and the Asian Development Bank have agreed to provide a $55 million package to the Maldive's largest digital and telecom service provider

UK tower company on the block

The sale process for a minority stake in UK towerco joint venture – Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure – is set to get underway

AXA IM Alts to offload European telecoms asset

AXA IM Alts is planning the sale of a majority stake in European data centre business DATA4

TRS Illinois makes $500m commitment to infra funds

The Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois has made commitments to 2 infra funds

EdgeConneX – €2.4bn portfolio refi about to close

EdgeConneX – the EQT-owned data centre developer – is on the verge of reaching financial close on the refinance of a number of European debt packages into a single, underwritten €2.4 billion package

Final close for flagship fund in H2 2023

The flagship fund of a major investment manager is continuing its final fundraising round which is expected to end in 9 months

Entel offloads Chilean fibre optic infra

Telecoms business Entel is set to sell the entirety of its fibre optic infrastructure assets in Chile to wholesale fibre optic infrastructure company, On Net Fibra, for $358 million

BlackRock fourth holds $4.5bn first close

BlackRock Alternatives has raised $4.5 billion in investor commitments for BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV

VRS commits €100m to Antin V

The Virginia Retirement System has made a €100 million allocation to Antin Infrastructure Partners V

Cellnex to offload UK towers

Wireless Infrastructure Group is set to acquire 1,100 sites in the UK from independent wireless telecoms infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom