BNDES to invest in infra funds

Brazilian development bank BNDES has announced plans to invest up to R$2.5 billion in infrastructure funds

Teasers out for Spanish telecoms sale

Teasers are understood to have been issued for a landmark sale in the European telecoms space, with bidders already lining up for a prize asset

IFC leads new data centre financing

The IFC has led a group of lenders on a new $30 million financing for the expansion of 3 data centres in Brazil

Belgium greenlights 5G auction

The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) is set to hold the long awaited 5G spectrum auction in June having pre-qualified potential participants last week

Newly licenced Barclays expands Oz team

The Australian arm of British bank Barclays has added to its expanding local team with the appointment of Duncan Beattie as its new country head of market equities

Swiss government rejects 5G ban

The government of Switzerland’s Transport and Telecommunication Commission has this week rejected calls for the suspension of 5G roll-out in the country in a slight reprieve for the telecom firms that have been battling the issue since 2020

Natixis taps new Brazil head

Natixis has appointed Luciana Costa as its new senior country manager for Brazil

Eight Advisory expands European PF team

Eight Advisory has hired Marco Goretzka as senior financial modelling expert, based in Germany

Pandian exiting AIIB

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is changing the multilateral’s senior management team effective next month

Black & Veatch, EIP partner on Korea renewables and data ...

The development arm of EPC contractor Black & Veatch and Seoul-based Energy Innovation Partners are aiming to tackle South Korea’s need for sustainable infrastructure by partnering on projects

AREP and Harrison Street JV to develop 6 data centres

A JV between American Real Estate Partners and Harrison Street has announced a $1 billion commitment to develop 6 powered shell data centres

D9 to acquire majority stake in Tetra

Digital 9 Infrastructure, through its subsidiary Digital 9 Wireless, is to acquire a 56% stake in Irish wireless communications network, Tetra Ireland Communications, for €76 million

KKR closes Colombian FTTH acquisition

KKR has closed a deal with Telefónica Colombia to acquire a 60% stake in the latter’s existing FTTH network in Colombia

Blackstone closes fourth Capital Opportunities Fund

Blackstone has reached final close on its Capital Opportunities Fund IV, raising $8.75 billion

UK pension pool allocates to infra funds

A large UK pension fund has committed more than $1.6 billion to private markets, as part of a multi-billion dollar private markets programme announced in July 2021