Kemp exits M&G

M&G Investments managing director David Kemp is leaving the group's infrastructure debt team to start his own financial advisory business with a focus on energy, infrastructure and other real assets

Digital Colony-backed Highline buys Phoenix Tower do Brasil

Digital Colony’s portfolio company Highline do Brasil has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Phoenix Tower do Brasil (PTB) from funds managed by Blackstone

Aquila enters data centre market

Aquila Capital has launched a new data centre business with construction of its first facility set to kick off in Norway

Investors launch sustainability initiative

A group of asset managers has founded the One Planet Private Equity Funds (OPPEF) initiative to support sustainable investing

Slovakia raises €100m in 5G spectrum tender

The Slovakian telecommunications regulator RU has today announced the completion of its tender for the allocation of 5G spectrum in 700 MHz, 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands, which raised €100.2 million

Digital Colony hires COO

Digital Colony has appointed Liam Stewart as managing director and COO

SK invests in data centres in South Korea

South Korea-based SK Group is investing W2.1 trillion for the development of data centres and a startup cluster in Saemangeum industrial complex, South Korea

NTT Thailand to build data centre

NTT Thailand, a subsidiary of Japan-based telecommunications company NTT, is planning to build a new data centre in the Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand

European multilaterals to finance Jordan telecoms

The EU and the EBRD will sign a $5 million funding package with Jordanian telecoms provider DAMAMAX to support the expansion of its fibre-to-the-premises services

New CIO of infra debt at BNPP AM

A new chief investment officer of infrastructure debt has been appointed at BNP Paribas Asset Management's private debt and real assets investment, along with 3 other new hires on the team

ISQ III nears $6-7bn first close

ISQ Global Infrastructure III is set to reach an interim close at the end of November with $4.3 billion raised to date, while also working on its first investment

Belgian 5G auction postponed by a year

The Belgian government proposal to auction 20-year licences for frequencies in the 700MHz, 1400MHz and 3600MHz bands has been postponed to the end of 2021

John Laing hires Susan Shehata

Susan Shehata has joined John Laing as a senior adviser to the investment committee

5GN acquires data centre in Queensland

The ASX-listed internet provider 5G Networks (5GN) has today (19 November 2020) acquired a data centre in Brisbane from telecoms provider Pipe Networks

Vocus set to float New Zealand business

ASX-listed telecom Vocus has today said that it is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its New Zealand arm, Vocus New Zealand, by the end of next year