AXA IM promotes global head of IR

AXA Investment Management has promoted Jean-Baptiste Lefief to the role of global head of investor relations for alternatives

US telco to be taken private in $11bn deal

Las Vegas-based data centre company, Switch, is set to be taken private by DigitalBridge Investment Management and an affiliate of IFM Investors in an all-cash transaction valued at $11 billion

MAM APAC fund buys digital infra platform

A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management has acquired a significant minority stake in Bersama Digital Infrastructure Asia for around $610 million

Quintana and Astarte combine to create JV

Texan investment firm Quintana Infrastructure & Development and UK asset manager Astarte Capital Partners plan to form Quintana Adaptive Infrastructure Capital through a JV

UPDATE: Meridiam to fundraise UN-backed vehicle

Meridiam and the United Nations Capital Development Fund have agreed a framing agreement in relation to a partnership to establish and fundraise a vehicle for new urban infrastructure in developing countries

Amber hires investment director

Amber Infrastructure Group has appointed Matthew Dooley as investment director

NZ telco launches towers business sale

Spark New Zealand has formally launched the 2-part sale of a majority stake of its telecom towers business – Spark TowerCo – soliciting indicative bids by the first week of June

Morrison & Co appoints 14 inaugural partners

New Zealand-based infrastructure investor Morrison & Co has introduced a partnership model making up 14 members of staff to partner level as a part of the firm’s new operating model

Axiata moves forward with broadband acquisition

Axiata has scheduled an EGM of shareholders to vote on its proposal to acquire a controlling interest in a provider of high-speed broadband and cable TV in Indonesia

Delayed Italian telco merger imminent

Italian telecoms company TIM Group and CDP Equity are set to announce a decision concerning the integration between TIM’s network and Italian telecoms business Open Fiber

Deutsche Telekom towers divestment progresses

Deutsche Telekom’s sale of its German mobile tower business – Deutsche Funkturm – has entered the second round

AIIM completes further acquisition of MetroFibre

South African infra fund manager AIIM has increased its stake local open access fibre network operator MFN to 37%

Meridiam to fundraise UN-backed fund

Meridiam and the United Nations Capital Development Fund have agreed a framing agreement for a partnership to establish and fundraise a vehicle for new urban infrastructure in developing countries

Oz telco follows trend – offloads tower assets

TPG Telecom on Monday agreed to sell its Australian mobile tower and rooftop assets to Canadian investor OMERS Infrastructure for A$950 million

Ayala, FLOW to develop Philippines data centres

Filipino conglomerate Ayala has partnered with Singapore-based FLOW Digital Infrastructure to develop carrier-neutral data centres across the Philippines