IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Refinance of the Year, Europe
The Antin Infrastructure Partners / PGGM refinance of €1.5 billion of debt associated with Eurofiber wins the IJInvestor Award for refi in Europe, a transaction described by one of the IJ judges as – quite simply – “a great deal”
IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Digital Infra Acquisition, MENA
The acquisition of Oman Telecommunications Company’s tower infrastructure portfolio of around 2,500 sites by Helios Towers and Rakiza wins the IJInvestor Award for digital infra in the MENA region, described by one of the judges as “precedent setting”
IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Digital Infra Acquisition, APAC
The winner for Asia Pacific in the IJInvestor Awards 2023 is the creation of a joint venture partnership between Ayalaland Logistics Holdings Corp and Flow Digital Infrastructure to drive investments across the region
IJInvestor Awards 2023 – Digital Infra Acquisition, Europe
More of a merger than an acquisition – a rare thing to write on IJGlobal – the MapleCo / Calisen deal wins the IJInvestor Awards trophy for the digital infrastructure category for Europe
Novva Data Centres acquires fifth US facility
CIM Group-owned Novva Data Centres has acquired a 7.5 acre campus in south San Francisco as a base for its fifth US data centre
Green debt facility approved for US FTTP
Ubiquity, the US digital infrastructure specialist, has closed on an inaugural green revolving debt facility that will be used to accelerate deployment of open access fibre networks across its operating regions of Texas, California, Arizona and Nebraska
Netrality Data Centres secures sustainability-linked loan
Netrality Data Centres, the US’s largest privately held core interconnection facility company, has received a $380 million sustainability-linked loan from a team of lenders
HIG Capital adds 3 to capital formation team
HIG Capital has hired Jenny Nelson and Joe Tremblay as managing directors of its capital formation group in California, and Jennie Park as principal of the group, based in New York
Antin NextGen fund reaches €1.2bn final close
Antin Infrastructure Partners has reached final close on its investment vehicle dedicated to new infrastructure technologies at its target size of €1.2 billion
Five quit RPS to launch Infravue, Oz
A team of 5 infrastructure investment advisers quit RPS Group to start their own technical and ESG investment advisory firm – Infravue – specialising on energy, industrial, transport and digital infrastructure assets
Apis gets $75m from IFC for new fund
UK-based Apis Partners has received a $75 million equity investment from International Finance Corp for its new fund that helps expanding mid-cap financial service providers and improving financial inclusion
T Rowe Price expands Asia team
US-based T Rowe Price has expanded its Asia intermediary distribution team with the appointment of Daisy Leung and Claudia Phuah
MAM appoints co-heads of private credit division, Europe
Macquarie Asset Management has strengthened its infrastructure and investment grade private credit leadership team with the appointment of Tom van Rijsewijk and Sophia Alison as co-heads of Europe
Nigeria's PAT secures investment from DPI & Verod
Nigerian digital infrastructure company Pan African Towers will receive investment from Development Partners International and Verod Capital to fuel its growth and embark on the next phase of its strategy