GuarantCo wraps sustainability bond in Cambodia

GuarantCo has provided a $70 million guarantee to support a sustainability bond to a Cambodian telecom firm, CamGSM

Ellalink connects LatAm to Europe via subsea cable

Marguerite-backed EllaLink will establish an 8,000km optic fibre submarine connection between French Guiana and continental Europe

Greater Gwent Pensions to up annual infra investments

The Greater Gwent Pension Fund has decided on a 3-year strategy, targeting a 2% annual investment in infra and real assets

abrdn to restructure investment business for cost savings

UK bank abrdn is restructuring its investments business as part of plans to reduce annual costs by at least £150 million by the end of 2025

Ardent Data Centers completes Pennsylvania acquisition

Northern Data Group's Ardent Data Centers has completed the acquisition of a Pennsylvania-based data centre in its attempts to expand its presence across the US and Europe

EAIF commits $39m to west African telecom bond

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund has committed XOF23.5 billion to a XOF75 billion receivables-backed bond issued by securitisation vehicle Fonds Commun de Titrisation de Créance to support West African telecommunications carrier Sonatel

EQT flagship infra fund reaches €14.5bn

Swedish asset manager EQT’s sixth vintage of its flagship infrastructure fund has raised €14.5 billion of its €20 billion target, according to the firm’s 2023 year-end report

Telefónica ups German division ownership

Telefónica Local Services – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefónica – has increased its ownership of Telefónica Deutschland to some 93.1%

Starwood Capital launches data centre venture

Starwood Capital Group has launched Starwood Digital Ventures to manage its expansion across the US and European data centre markets as part of its US and European data centre investment strategy

Fourth vintage of Swiss core fund expected in 2024

A fourth vintage of a Swiss infrastructure investor’s core equity strategy is expected to launch in 2024, IJGlobal has learned

Fund & Investors Report Full Year 2023 – flight to scale

Infrastructure fundraising slowed down in 2023, according to IJGlobal data. Total capital raised in 2023 was $108.7 billion, compared with a total of $183.97 billion in 2022

IJGlobal Awards 2023 – Europe & Africa Shortlist

We are delighted today to publish the shortlist for the Company section of the IJGlobal Awards 2023 for Europe and Africa, identifying the organisations that the independent panel of judges shortlisted… with the big reveal on the night

Swiss Life to launch Europe ELTIF vehicle

Swiss Life Asset Management will launch a long-term investment fund focused on Europe in early February

Deutsche Bank hires Kim for Korea

Samuel Kim has been appointed chief country officer for South Korea for Deutsche Bank, the lender announced yesterday