IJGlobal League Tables – Q1 2021

After an unprecedented year marked by the unforeseen unravelling of the Covid-19 pandemic, global infrastructure finance is off to a slow start in 2021

Ayala to appoint Larrazabal as CFO

The chief finance officer of Philippines-headquartered conglomerate Ayala, Jose Teodoro K. Limcaoco, yesterday (22 April 2021) left the company

Hungary, Indonesia set up infra fund

The government of Hungary has allocated around $250 million to the Indonesia-Hungary Investment Fund – a fund to be set up to help companies in Hungary participate in Indonesian infrastructure projects

Cellnex pulls in €7bn on raise

Cellnex has raised its target of €7 billion through a preferential rights sale of new shares

Converge joins Facebook's transpacific undersea cable

Filipino fibre broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions has tapped into the 15,000km transpacific undersea cable system Bifrost, with an additional segment branch at Davao

Herbert Smith Freehills promotes 23

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announced today the promotion of 23 new partners

Digital Alpha closes second fund

San Francisco-based Digital Alpha Advisors has closed its second infrastructure fund

MetroFibre to acquire FTTH infra in South Africa

South African telecoms operator MetroFibre is set to acquire Link Africa’s fibre-to-the-home network and infra in the provinces of Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa

KKR invests in US broadband provider

Infrastructure funds managed by KKR are investing in US broadband provider MetroNet

Regulator approves India telecoms exit

An Indian regulator has approved the exit of 2 Macquarie-backed shareholders of a telecommunications company

Australia to invest A$90m in rural broadband

The Australian federal government has authorised A$90 million in funding for 81 “place-based” telecommunications infrastructure projects in regional, rural and remote areas in Australia under the Regional Connectivity Program

InfraChallenge 2021 reveals Top 20

A G20 initiative today announced the Top 20 of a competition to innovate the infrastructure sector