Downing has extended £145 million in financing to internet provider Broadway Partners to fund a fibre rollout to rural communities in Wales and Scotland

Salim Bensmail has this month joined Meridiam as a senior investment director and the executive director of the firm’s Urban Resilience Fund

Marco Saliba has joined the São Paulo office of Stocche Forbes Advogados as a partner in its infrastructure practice

Pan-African infra investment platform Africa50 has created the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, aiming to raise $500 million in multiple closings

Nuveen is merging Glennmont Partners with its existing private infrastructure platform as part of a wider reorganisation of the company’s real assets platforms

Operations management consultancy DuPont Sustainable Solutions will help large mining, oil and gas, and industrial clients in Asia and Africa transform by forming an alliance with Hong Kong-based investment holding company Silverwing Investment

Venture capital firms have until 10 October to submit proposals for Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s Venture Capital Fund Showcase during the 2021 AIIB Annual Meeting

Luisa Leyenaar-Huntingford has joined Citigroup as co-global head of infrastructure in London

UK fibre owner-operator Zzoomm has this week secured £100 million in debt from a consortium of 3 banks to fund a fibre rollout to 1 million properties by 2025

As submissions pile up for the IJInvestor Awards 2021, we are delighted to unveil the first members of our esteemed judging team

Infratil has acquired a 40% stake in London data centre business Kao Data with a commitment of between £120 million and £130 million

The Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) has elected Vincent Levita as its new chair

EQT is transferring ownership of Dutch internet business DELTA Fiber to a new vehicle, with Stonepeak becoming a joint owner

Ashurst has hired Helen Jones as partner in its global markets practice in London

Swedish infrastructure investor Infranode has set up base in Denmark as part of the company’s planned expansion in the region