EQT has reached final close on its active core infrastructure fund at €2.9 billion –short of its €5 billion target

Proparco has committed $15 million to South Africa-based Pembani Remgro’s second infrastructure fund, joining other DFIs backing the strategy

The European Commission has cleared Swisscom’s €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone Italia

Alper Kilic, global head of project & export finance at Standard Chartered Bank, has resigned.

Mauritius-based Axian Telecom will look to expand its African footprint with the acquisition of Wananchi Group – an east African triple-play broadband company

OMS Group has allocated $300 million to expand its submarine cable systems and terrestrial infrastructure

Data centre financings in APAC, led by AirTrunk and those in Malaysia, are keeping PF bankers busy with the Southeast Asian country alone expected to seal up to $5 billion of DC debt transactions in the next 6 months

GIC has made a minority equity investment in Vauban Infra Fibre through a capital increase alongside VIF’s other shareholders

San Diego City Employees Retirement System has made 2 commitments worth $120 million to meet its core infra target

Spanish data centre developer Solaria has partnered with Japan’s Datasection to develop a 200MW data centre facility in Puertollano, Spain

The International Finance Corporation has provided a $200 million loan to telecom giant Airtel Africa to support the expansion and modernisation of the company’s network and the development of its distribution infrastructure

Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved €500 million in infrastructure fund commitments across 4 vehicles

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is in the process of forming a climate credit investment vehicle, according to recently filed registration documents in Luxembourg

The boards of TelstraSuper and Equip Super have today signed an MoU to explore a ‘merger of equals’ between the funds