NFH locks in funding for German fibre expansion

German fibre platform Northern Fiber Holding has secured a €175 million funding package from the European Investment Bank to support an ongoing fibre roll-out in Germany

UPDATE: QIC refinances with sustainability-linked loan

Australia’s government-owned Queensland Investment Corp has refinanced a subscription finance facility for its infrastructure fund with a circa $300 million sustainability-linked loan

IJGlobal Awards 2023 – MENA Judges

Today we take great pride in announcing the judging panel for IJGlobal Awards 2023, unveiling a team of experienced industry professionals who will deliberate company awards for the Middle East and North Africa region

IJGlobal Awards 2023 – Europe & Africa Judges

It is with great delight that we today announce the judging panel for IJGlobal Awards 2023, revealing a group of established industry professionals who will deliberate the company awards for Europe and Africa

Arcano second FOF hits €331m final close

Spanish asset manager Arcano Partners’ second fund of funds has reached final close, raising €331 million above its €300 million initial target

UKIB backs Gigaclear roll-out

The UK Infrastructure Bank has agreed to provide Gigaclear with a £240 million debt guarantee as it expands its rural fibre broadband network

ADB appoints Konishi to head South Asia

The Asian Development Bank has appointed Takeo Konishi as director general of its South Asia department. He will concurrently serve as country director for India until further notice

Eutelsat signs agreement with Libyan telecom

Eutelsat OneWeb – the connectivity business unit of Eutelsat Group – has signed a distribution partnership agreement with Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology, the Libyan telecoms operator

LACERA plans $900m private infra investments

The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association plans to invest around $900 million in private infrastructure in 2024

Crusoe expands data centres into Iceland

Crusoe Energy Systems has expanded its global data centre presence through a collab with atNorth to collocate its Crusoe Cloud GPUs at atNorth’s Iceland data centre, ICE02

CCCERA commits $125m to EQT Infra VI

Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Association has invested $125 million in EQT Infrastructure fund VI

Kim joins Campbell Lutyens, Korea

Jintae Kim has joined placement agent Campbell Lutyens as a managing director in its Seoul office and will focus on building relationships with institutional investors across Korea

IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Rising Star, Americas – Syed Ahmed

Syed Ahmed – director of infrastructure and project finance at MetLife Investment Management – was selected by IJGlobal editors for the IJInvestor Rising Star of the Year in the Americas

IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Ratings Agency, Americas – Moody's

The independent panel of judges for the Americas selected Moody’s as the winner of this year’s award for the IJInvestor Ratings Agency of the Year in the region