IJGlobal Magazine – the ESG Awards issue

Welcome to the autumn issue of the IJGlobal Magazine – virtual once again thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic – that is most noteworthy for including features on all the winners from the inaugural ESG Awards

Potential bidders emerge for Brazilian 5G

The Brazilian telecoms regulator has registered 15 entrants for the country’s upcoming 5G spectrum auction, which will be held on 4 November

NYLI launch listed infra fund

New York Life Investments has launched the MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund, with CBRE Investment Management as a sub-adviser to the fund

Ghana’s infra fund to receive AfDB support

The AfDB has approved of a $75 million loan for state-owned GIIF to efficiently leverage its paid-in equity capital of $325 million

UK's Autumn budget – infra spend and climate goals

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the annual budget on Wednesday with a £100 million in planned capital investment over the next year and a starring role for the recently unveiled UK Infrastructure Bank

QIC hits $1bn hard cap with infra fund extension

Queensland Investment Corporation has today extended its Global Infrastructure Fund, having met its hard cap of $1 billion within a 7-month period

EIB, JBIC to bolster partnership

European Investment Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation agreed to enhance their cooperation around the world

LOI responses in for Canadian tax data centre P3

The Government of Canada has received multiple responses to its letter of intent to procure the renovation and modernisation of the Taxation Data Centre Complex at 875 Heron Road as a P3

ING veteran announces retirement

Michael Dinham today announced internally that he is retiring from his role as global head of infrastructure at ING Bank

IJGlobal League Tables – Q3 2021

The IJGlobal league tables for Q3 2021 are now live, logging infrastructure and project finance activity across the globe, and recording values at $270.3 billion, securing a growth of 6.25% compared to Q3 2020 while maintaining levels way above the quarterly average ($157.8 billion) since the start of 2017

Chávez Vargas hires infra partner

Alejandro Carreño Charabati has joined Mexican law firm Chávez Vargas Minutti as partner

Telstra to acquire Digicel Pacific

Digicel Group has agreed to sell its subsidiary Digicel Pacific, to a subsidiary of Australian telco Telstra, at a purchase price of $1.6 billion

Obituary: Daniel Mallo

It is with immense regret that IJGlobal announces the passing of Daniel Mallo, a well-known and respected banker in energy and infrastructure

Airband raises £100m debt package

A consortium of lenders have provided a £100 million debt package to National Digital Infrastructure Fund Airband