AXA IM appoints ESG and sustainability lead

AXA Investment Managers has appointed Marie Luchet as head of ESG and sustainability at AXA IM Prime

ST Engineering holds roadshows for USD bond

Singapore Technologies Engineering kicked-off roadshows with fixed income investors in Asia and Europe today (15 May 2023) for a potential US-dollar denominated Reg S only bond sale

Italy completes subsea cable connection

Italian international service provider Sparkle has announced the landing of the BlueMed subsea cable in Palermo, thus completing the Genoa-Golfo Aranci-Pomezia-Palermo Tyrrhenian section of the Blue Submarine Cable System project

EQT takes stake in Italian mobile network company

EQT has signed an agreement to acquire a 60% stake in a newly created entity, which will own and operate Wind Tre’s mobile and fixed network infrastructure in Italy

Vocus completes Challenge Network acquisition

Australia's telecoms provider, Vocus, has completed the acquisition of Challenge Networks, a provider of private LTE and 5G networks

NextDC to launch NZ, Malaysia data centres

Australian data centre operator NextDC will expand its footprint in New Zealand and Malaysia

Macquarie Capital acquires majority in CloudExtel

Macquarie Capital has acquired a majority stake in network as a service provider Excel Telesonic India Private Limited in a deal worth $100 million

Kao Data sinks £350m into UK data centre

UK-based data centre operator Kao Data will invest £350 million into a 40MW data centre in Manchester, England

Baker McKenzie names global practice, industry group lea...

Multinational law firm Baker McKenzie on Wednesday announced the appointment of its global practice group and industry group leaders, effective 1 July 2023

Vodafone, e& form strategic relationship

Vodafone and state-backed Emirates Telecommunications Group have announced a strategic relationship across Europe, the Middle East and Africa

KfW finances German fibre expansion

German state-owned bank KfW IPEX-Bank as part of a consortium of lenders is financing German fibre optic infrastructure company Westconnect’s €1.3 billion fibre connectivity roll out in the west of Germany

Schroders holds first close on third junior debt fund

Schroders Capital has raised over €320 million following first close on its Schroders Capital Junior Infrastructure Debt Europe III fund

Powderly to join Gibson team at NordLB, London

Andrew Powderly is understood to have tendered his resignation at the London-based syndications team for ICBC and is moving to join the growing NordLB function

CapMan backs Dutch digital infra provider

CapMan Infra has invested in Dutch IT infrastructure provider Serverius through which it plans to build a northern European data center platform