IJInvestor Awards 2024 – London Shortlist

IJGlobal is delighted to announce the shortlist for IJInvestor Awards 2024, identifying those organisations in the running for coveted trophies at the London event

IJInvestor Awards 2024 – Americas Shortlist

IJGlobal is pleased to announce the shortlists for the IJInvestor Awards 2024, identifying those organisations that are in the running for the top prize at the New York event

VEON sells TNS+ stake to DAR, Kazakhstan

VEON has sold its 49% stake in Kazakh telco TNS Plus to the DAR group of companies which act as the telco’s JV partner for $137.5 million

Salute secures investment from New Mountain Capital, US

Wisconsin-based Salute Holdings, a service provider for the data centre industry, has received an investment from funds managed by New Mountain Capital

Verizon, Vertical Bridge sign $3.3bn tower deal, US

Vertical Bridge has agreed to lease, operate and manage more than 6000 wireless communications from Verizon Communications for $3.3 billion

Vodafone, Three respond to CMA findings, UK

Vodafone UK and Three continue to back their merger in the light of recent CMA findings which claim the deal could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition"

Approval for Sure’s acquisition of Airtel Vodafone, Chann...

Guernsey has approved the merger of Bahrain-based telecoms business Batelco – via its subsidiary Sure – with Airtel Vodafone’s Channel Islands business

AIIB launches platform for concessional funds

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has introduced AIIB+, a digital platform aimed at matching external concessional and technical resources with its project pipeline

CyrusOne to build $200m data centre in Texas

KKR-backed data centre firm CyrusOne has launched plans to build a data centre in Dallas, Texas to serve its clients

Microsoft to invest $2.7bn in Brazil

Microsoft will invest R$14.7 billion over 3 years into cloud infrastructure in Brazil’s São Paulo state – the firm’s largest investment in the country to date

BlackRock, Santander sign for infra, energy

BlackRock has agreed to invest up to $1 billion per year in project finance, energy finance and infrastructure debt investments through an MoU signed with Banco Santander

Swiss SFP holds €110m close on first fund

Swiss firm SFP Infrastructure Partners has held a close on its first infrastructure fund at €110 million, with final close expected by the end of the year

Citi, Apollo form direct lending program

Citigroup has partnered with Apollo to form a $25 billion private credit direct lending program initially in North America, but expandable to other geographies

IFC-led consortia backs Pak telecom deal

The International Finance Corp and 2 other investors are providing up to $400 million to support a telecommunications deal in Pakistan