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

New player to invest A$1.5bn in Oz fibre

HyperOne, a start-up founded by Australian technology entrepreneur Bevan Slattery, yesterday (11 February 2021) announced the rollout of a fibre network being labelled as the country’s "first true private national fibre backbone project"

Smart cities fund attracts broad interest from industrial...

Paris-based Eurazeo subsidiary Idinvest Partners has held an initial €80 million close for its Smart City II Venture fund, which invests in energy, mobility and logistics startups globally

ISQ gains LP commitment from US pension fund

The board of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System has approved a $50 million commitment to ISQ Global Infrastructure III

Telstra to start sale of A$4.5bn InfraCo in H2

Australian telecom giant Telstra is set to initiate the sale of its mobile towers in the second half of 2021 with plans to lock in bidders by the end of the year

Cellnex issues €2.5bn triple-tranche bond

Cellnex has completed a triple-tranche euro-denominated bond issuance worth €2.5 billion

Infratil appoints new CEO to succeed Bogoievski

Infratil has today appointed a new chief executive amid the ongoing sale process for its majority stake in Tilt Renewables

UK government warns over Libor future

The UK government has advised lenders not to extend loans over the Libor reference rate from this April, with the benchmark slated to be phased out completely by the end of the year

IJGlobal Awards 2020 – submissions pouring in

A bluffer's guide to submitting for the IJGlobal Awards 2020... the categories - new and old - and tips from the top table on how to win over the independent judging committees across the regions

Next stop: Peru

FSI expands responsible funds offering

First Sentier has launched a fund for UK investors geared towards responsible investing in the listed infrastructure space

New England region issues RFP for FTTP

A state in the New England region is seeking a private partner to provide Fibre to the Premises and Voice Over Internet Protocol services

European fund bags another Asian LP

A North Asian institutional investor is a limited partner in an infrastructure equity fund

Williams to leave Operis

Simon Williams is leaving Operis after 17 years with the company