Zachariah to leave AIIB for London role
Benny Zachariah is understood next week to be exiting his role as senior investment officer for financial institutions and syndications at the AIIB in Beijing for a new role in London
Manager raising fresh vintage
A London-based asset manager has begun fundraising for the sixth iteration of its flagship equity product
Investors line up for Oz telecom sale
Two investors are believed to be advancing bids to acquire ASX-listed telecom company Uniti Group
Swiss data centres up for grabs
Independent private equity and venture capital firm Waterland, is reportedly considering a sale of Netrics, its Swiss data centre operator and digital services provider
Rural broadband P3 signed in South Carolina
Dorchester County Government has reached a $17.1 million P3 agreement with Home Telecom and Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative to expand high-speed internet access to the western part of the county
SpaceDC taps into Chinese data centres
Singaporean data centre company SpaceDC has partnered with China-based Centrin Data to provide data centres and services in China
Rancho Cordova FiberCity construction to begin
Patrizia Infrastructure – a division of investment manager Patrizia AG – has started construction on its Rancho Cordova FiberCity network in California
UBS appoints co heads of APAC M&A
UBS has confirmed the appointments of Nick Brown and Samson Lo as co-heads of Asia Pacific M&A offering, as the Swiss bank restructures its leadership team
InfraVia V closes at €5bn hard cap
InfraVia has closed its fifth flagship infrastructure product at the hard cap of €5 billion
Philippines publishes draft revised BOT law
The Philippines government has released the first draft of the revised build-operate-transfer law, allowing more sectors to implement projects under the PPP model but requiring a more detailed proposal
BAM PPP rebrands as Invesis
BAM PPP has today formally rebranded as Invesis just ahead of launching a new portfolio of project with partner PGGM Infrastructure Fund
Oak Hill to acquire majority in FTTH provider
PE firm Oak Hill Capital is set to acquire a controlling interest in Greenlight Networks through its Oak Hill Capital Partners VI fund
France's FTTH mega-project – debt package in motion
Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners are in advanced talks with lenders to arrange a debt package for the recently unveiled Société de Développement de la Fibre Au Service des Territoires FTTH project in France
MásMóvil and Orange Spain advance JV talks
Telecoms companies MásMóvil and Orange Spain are in negotiations to merge their Spanish interests through a 50-50 JV, valuing the proposed entity at €19.6 billion