Newly licenced Barclays expands Oz team

The Australian arm of British bank Barclays has added to its expanding local team with the appointment of Duncan Beattie as its new country head of market equities

Swiss government rejects 5G ban

The government of Switzerland’s Transport and Telecommunication Commission has this week rejected calls for the suspension of 5G roll-out in the country in a slight reprieve for the telecom firms that have been battling the issue since 2020

Natixis taps new Brazil head

Natixis has appointed Luciana Costa as its new senior country manager for Brazil

Eight Advisory expands European PF team

Eight Advisory has hired Marco Goretzka as senior financial modelling expert, based in Germany

Pandian exiting AIIB

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is changing the multilateral’s senior management team effective next month

Black & Veatch, EIP partner on Korea renewables and data ...

The development arm of EPC contractor Black & Veatch and Seoul-based Energy Innovation Partners are aiming to tackle South Korea’s need for sustainable infrastructure by partnering on projects

AREP and Harrison Street JV to develop 6 data centres

A JV between American Real Estate Partners and Harrison Street has announced a $1 billion commitment to develop 6 powered shell data centres

D9 to acquire majority stake in Tetra

Digital 9 Infrastructure, through its subsidiary Digital 9 Wireless, is to acquire a 56% stake in Irish wireless communications network, Tetra Ireland Communications, for €76 million

KKR closes Colombian FTTH acquisition

KKR has closed a deal with Telefónica Colombia to acquire a 60% stake in the latter’s existing FTTH network in Colombia

Blackstone closes fourth Capital Opportunities Fund

Blackstone has reached final close on its Capital Opportunities Fund IV, raising $8.75 billion

UK pension pool allocates to infra funds

A large UK pension fund has committed more than $1.6 billion to private markets, as part of a multi-billion dollar private markets programme announced in July 2021

Veirano appoints new managing partner

Brazilian law firm Veirano Advogados has promoted Paula Surerus to managing partner for the 2022-2023 term

Cantor Fitzgerald to launch sustainable infra fund

Cantor Fitzgerald is to launch a sustainable infrastructure fund by Q2 2022 to invest strategically in a portfolio of private institutional investment funds, as well as public infrastructure securities

NuRAN agrees loan terms for network rollout in rural Africa

Quebec-based telecoms developer NuRAN Wireless has agreed with a DFI the terms for a $15 million loan to finance a $30 million network rollout in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Starwood arranges €850m PF debt for Dublin data centres

Large scale data centre developer Echelon Data Centres has secured €850 million in debt from American investment firm Starwood Capital Group for the development of 4 data centres in Ireland