Malaysia forming 5G SPV

The government of Malaysia intends to form a special purpose vehicle to manage the country’s transition to 5G

DFIs line up for Liquid Telecommunications bond issue

Three debt finance institutions have put in place orders to purchase up to an aggregate $187 million of a bond issue by Africa-focused Liquid Telecommunications

DNS buyers shortlisted

Potential buyers for the sale of German fibre group DNS:NET have been shortlisted, IJGlobal understands

Hudson to leave KPMG for public sector position

Nicholas Hudson, associate director of infrastructure and projects at KPMG Australia, has last week resigned from his position to take on a political advisory role

Calisen to delist in March after regulator's green light

Calisen has updated the market on its take-private timeline after receiving approvals from Ukrainian authorities

Avaio data centre venture secures institutional backing

Avaio Digital Partners, a platform focused on building sustainable hyperscale data centres in the Americas and Europe, has raised $375 million from a single institutional investor

IJGlobal Awards 2020 – Asia Pacific Judging Team

We are delighted today to announce the Asia Pacific judging team for the IJGlobal Awards 2020. The submissions team reports that entries are flooding in for what looks to be an exciting (virtual) awards ceremony in the summer

Bouygues CEO steps down – further appointments

Martin Bouygues, chief executive of French construction giant Bouygues Group and son of founder Francis Bouygues, has today announced that he will be stepping down to make way for a “new generation”

New ADB country director arrives

New Zealand and UK national Shanny Campbell is Asian Development Bank’s new country director for Tajikistan

IJGlobal Awards 2020 – Europe & Africa Judging Team

We are delighted today to be announcing the judging team for Europe and Sub Saharan Africa for the IJGlobal Awards 2020. The submissions team reports that entries are flooding in for what looks to be an exciting (virtual) awards ceremony in the summer

Macquarie Capital hires Moubarak

Ramzi Moubarak has joined Macquarie Capital as a managing director in the London office

MIRA appoints new global head

MIRA will have a new global head as part of several leadership changes made at Macquarie

5GN bags A$300m government contract

Australia’s wholesale telecommunications carrier 5G Networks has been chosen to deliver South Australian government’s managed platform services panel

Digital infra fund completes £370m float

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited has raised £370 million from its IPO on the LSE

Eiffel Essentiel holds €300m first closing

Eiffel Investment Group’s energy transition and ecology fund Eiffel Essentiel has held a first close of €300 million