Ardian closes largest infra secondaries fund at $5.25bn
Ardian has raised $5.25 billion for its latest infrastructure secondaries fund – Ardian Secondary Fund VIII Infrastructure
Cellnex acquires additional Portuguese telecoms assets
Cellnex Telecom has acquired an additional portfolio of 350 sites – towers and rooftops – from Portuguese mobile operator NOS, valued at €155 million
Trio completes Oi mobile acquisition
A trio of international telcos have jointly completed their acquisition of Oi’s mobile assets, splitting up Brazil’s fourth-largest mobile provider
Blackstone raises $2.5bn for infra in Q1
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners brought in $2.5 billion in commitments across Q1, according to its most recent earnings report
IFM to buy equity stake in FTTH junior
IFM Investors is reportedly close to finalising a deal to buy an equity stake in fibre and wireless network infrastructure developer Render Networks
YTL to build Malaysia 500MW data centre park
Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate YTL plans to develop a 500MW data centre campus in southern Malaysia, powered by solar energy
Ambitious QLD data centre/battery storage project in works
Australian specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has quietly laid foundations for a sizable data centre and battery development in Queensland with plans to start preliminary construction works this year
IJInvestor Funds & Investors Report – Q1 2022
If the stellar performance in infrastructure fundraising in Q1 2022 continues for the remainder of the year, we can expect another record-breaking 12 months of infrastructure fundraising
KAB expanding into telco infra
The Malaysian electrical and mechanical engineering services provider is entering the telco infrastructure sector by forming a joint venture with a telco service provider
Watanabe is SMBC's new structured finance co-head
Tomofumi Watanabe has been SMBC's new managing director and co-general manager for the structured finance department in Asia Pacific since earlier this month
Digital infra investor rebrands as Palistar Capital
New York-based Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on mission-critical communications infrastructure, has changed its name to Palistar Capital
UPDATE: 86% stake in Finnish telecom company up for grabs
An 86% stake in Finnish data centre operator Ficolo Oy is up for grabs as Pontos seeks to join Taaleri in disposing of the asset
Amber hires senior investment director
Amber Infrastructure Group has hired Dorin Alexandru Badea as a senior investment director to expand its Eastern European capabilities