Fakhoury to head South Asia for IFC

The International Finance Corporation has appointment Imad N. Fakhoury as the regional director for South Asia

SocGen appoints head of infrastructure, APAC

Societe Generale has appointed Aurelien Schwob as head of infrastructure for Asia Pacific, effective immediately

Stonepeak appoints Korea chairman

Stonepeak yesterday announced the appointment of Sung Eun Ahn as chairman, Korea, effective 1 February 2024

Flogging a dead horse

Google to invest $1bn in UK data centre

Google plans to invest heavily in the UK’s data centre market with a $1 billion data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire

Allianz Capital Partners infra funds head steps down

Yves Meyer-Bülow, managing director and head of infrastructure funds and co-investments at Allianz Capital Partners, is stepping down from his role at the end of March 2024

LBBW appoints Greene to head Asia DCM

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has appointed Lorna Greene in Singapore as managing director of its debt capital markets team for APAC

KDDI bags telecom award for Philippines subway

KDDI will install telecommunications infrastructure across 30km of the Metro Manila Subway project phase 1 in the Philippines

LA Fire and Police invests $40m in Principal data centre ...

Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has closed a $40 million commitment to a data centre fund managed by Principal Asset management

I Squared Capital, DFC hit first close on $1.2bn climate ...

I Squared Capital and the US International Development Finance Corporation have reached first close on a $1.2 billion climate infrastructure fund

Telefónica to close €1.75bn green bond issue

Telefónica has launched 2 senior tranches of green bonds, bringing in a combined €1.75 billion, with the closing and final settlement set to take place on 24 January

ACCESS LGPS pool makes IFM and JP Morgan infra commitments

ACCESS Pool has today finalised commitments to infrastructure funds managed by IFM Investors and J.P. Morgan totalling £1.5 billion

Convergence set to acquire SA Datacentrix

Convergence Partners' Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund has agreed with Alviva Holdings to acquire 100% of the South African IT services company Datacentrix

DC Advisory appoints Larreur as French debt MD

DC Advisory has appointed Charles-Henri Larreur as managing director of its European debt advisory and restructuring practice, based in Paris

Pantheon fourth infra fund hits final close at $5.3bn

Pantheon Ventures’ flagship fourth infrastructure fund has reached final close with total commitments of $5.3 billion