Campbell Lutyens makes 3 hires

Campbell Lutyens has expanded its GP capital advisory team with 3 new hires including 2 senior appointments

MUFG promotes 2 in Asia Pacific

MUFG has made 2 Singapore-based senior appointments within its global corporate and investment banking unit in Asia Pacific, effective tomorrow

Macquarie hits final close on $4.2bn infra fund

Macquarie Asset Management has reached final close of its third Asia Pacific infrastructure fund

ADB spurs Philippines capital markets development

Asian Development Bank has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to further deepen the country’s domestic capital markets, especially for infrastructure development

Italian telcos sign MoU for integration

TIM Group and Open Fiber have signed a memorandum of understanding with all relevant parties, confirming the integration of the 2 networks

NBOs expected for stake in french telco

Non-binding offers for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ minority stake in French telco TDF Group are due end July

Full national security assessment for Altice’s BT acquisi...

Altice’s acquisition of a further 6% in BT shares has been called into question by the UK government, initiating a full national security assessment

Basalt to acquire US telecom assets

Basalt Infrastructure Partners is set to acquire digital infra business Skyway Towers from Tinicum for an undisclosed sum

AIIB opens China’s sustainability bond market to SSAs

‘Super tight’ pricing from multilateral development bank paves way for more RMB sustainability bonds

Freedom Fibre raises £100m with Equitix backing

Freedom Fibre is set to expand across the North-West of England, having secured an £84 million ($105m) commitment from Equitix, alongside a £16 million debt facility from Santander

Peru cancels fibre backbone re-tender

Peruvian telecoms regulator Pronatel has rejected all 3 offers submitted as part of the re-tender process for the national fibre optic backbone

Glasfaserplus €2.15bn fibre rollout – debt breakdown

The banks on Glasfaserplus’ €2.15 billion financing package sold down their tickets to a group of around 15 lenders

KPMG hires director to infra group

KPMG has hired Saurabh Bansal as an advisory management director in its infrastructure and projects advisory practice, based in Houston

IPI Partners invests in Swiss data centre services

Global investment firm, IPI Partners is set to acquire a majority stake in Swiss data centre owner and operator Safe Host from StepStone Real Estate for an undisclosed sum

SamCERA invests in KKR Core fund

San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association (SamCERA) has approved a $60 million commitment to the KKR Diversifed Core Infrastructure Fund