UBS appoints co heads of APAC M&A
UBS has confirmed the appointments of Nick Brown and Samson Lo as co-heads of Asia Pacific M&A offering, as the Swiss bank restructures its leadership team
InfraVia V closes at €5bn hard cap
InfraVia has closed its fifth flagship infrastructure product at the hard cap of €5 billion
Philippines publishes draft revised BOT law
The Philippines government has released the first draft of the revised build-operate-transfer law, allowing more sectors to implement projects under the PPP model but requiring a more detailed proposal
BAM PPP rebrands as Invesis
BAM PPP has today formally rebranded as Invesis just ahead of launching a new portfolio of project with partner PGGM Infrastructure Fund
Oak Hill to acquire majority in FTTH provider
PE firm Oak Hill Capital is set to acquire a controlling interest in Greenlight Networks through its Oak Hill Capital Partners VI fund
France's FTTH mega-project – debt package in motion
Bouygues Telecom and Vauban Infrastructure Partners are in advanced talks with lenders to arrange a debt package for the recently unveiled Société de Développement de la Fibre Au Service des Territoires FTTH project in France
MásMóvil and Orange Spain advance JV talks
Telecoms companies MásMóvil and Orange Spain are in negotiations to merge their Spanish interests through a 50-50 JV, valuing the proposed entity at €19.6 billion
Converge joins Hong Kong-SEA undersea cable
Philippines telco Converge ICT has joined the consortium that is developing a submarine cable system connecting Southeast Asia, southern China, and Hong Kong
Singapore to tender sustainable data centres
Singapore government plans to launch a tender for energy-efficient data centre pilot projects by Q2, following a 3-year moratorium on developing new data centres
MottMac appoints UK digital specialist
Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has named Mark Enzer as its newest executive adviser
Peru replaces transport minister
Peruvian president Pedro Castillo has named Nicolás Bustamante as the country’s new minister for transport and communications following the resignation of the previous incumbent last month
CyrusOne closes Houston data centre sale
DataBank has completed its $670 million acquisition of CyrusOne’s 4 Houston data centres, taking its portfolio to over 65 facilities, the largest edge infrastructure footprint in the country
Mactaggart exits SNIB citing “personal reasons”
Eilidh Mactaggart has unexpectedly stepped down from the chief executive role at the Scottish National Investment Bank citing “personal reasons”
First Sentier appoints deputy chief exec
Australian asset manager First Sentier Investors has moved up Yoshiki Ueno to deputy chief executive working alongside company CEO Mark Steinberg
CMA approves Cellnex UK towers acquisition
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has approved Cellnex Telecom’s acquisition of 6,000 UK towers from CK Hutchison Group following a Phase 2 investigation into the deal