Finnish fibre raises €250m in funding round
Finnish fibre infrastructure builder and operator Valoo is to benefit from an about €250 million funding package from a pan-European lending group
EllaLink reshuffles senior sales team
Marguerite-backed EllaLink has restructured its senior sales team with the creation of 2 units
AfDB loans to Cameroon transport, energy
African Development Bank has approved a €63.09 million loan to Cameroon to support entrepreneurship and advance industrial skills
SMBC closes $200m fund for Colombian energy, infra
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and financial advisory firm LarrainVial have closed a $200 million Colombia-focused debt fund
Update: Future Fiber raises debt financing
Future Fiber has made its debut debt to deliver roll-out open-access fiber-to-the-home networks across the US
Eastdil Secured hires digital infra head
Global real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured has hired Rob Walters as managing director, based in the firm’s Washington DC office
Credit Agricole hires infra director
Credit Agricole CIB has hired Henry Manson as director within its infrastructure coverage team in London under managing director Mike Nowak
Colombia Móvil secures $48m financing
Colombian telecoms firm Colombia Móvil has secured a Ps197.4 billion loan from IDB Invest
Emitel refinances senior debt
Polish telecoms operator Emitel has secured a PLN 1.57 billion refinancing loan from a consortium of lenders
EU pledges over $50bn to Lat Am, Caribbean
The EU has launched the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda, pledging to invest over €45 billion in the region until 2027
Latest EQT fund holds first close at €11bn
Asset manager EQT held a first close on its flagship infrastructure equity fund last week a €11 billion
Smith follows UKIB with Stout role
Established infrastructure banker Geoff Smith has joined Stout UK as London-based managing director and head of debt advisory, joining from the UK Infrastructure Bank which he exited at the end of June
UOB’s Ang slips into expanded role
Christopher Ang has taken over an expanded role as group head for infrastructure and project finance at UOB
Australian super invests in DigitalBridge-backed data cen...
Australia’s Aware Super has decided to invest up to $500 million in Switch, a 100% renewable-powered data centre platform backed by a DigitalBridge-managed investment entity