Responses are due 29 March to the RFP issued by the Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico to DBFOM a broadband network

Latham & Watkins has hired Bruce Herzog as a partner in its private equity and M&A practices and a member of the corporate department, based in Houston

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and real estate specialist Pacific Asset Management have formed a $165 million JV to develop the largest carrier-neutral hyperscale data centre in South Korea

Asian Development Bank has approved a $300 million loan to develop Pakistan’s capital markets, promote private investment in the country, and help mobilize domestic resources to finance sustainable growth

Saurabh Agarwal is managing director for India, CDPQ announced

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised $125.6 million for an infrastructure secondaries fund, according to SEC filings

Global investment manager First Sentier Investors has revealed its direct infrastructure investment team will now be named Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Project finance veteran Louise Marsden has this week joined New Zealand-based infrastructure advisory outfit Mafic Partners

Edmond de Rothschild’s BRIDGE-V strategy has hit €2 billion in commitments, an increase of €800 million since last October

Africa-focused mobile network operator Airtel has initiated talks with the IFC for $194 million of debt to both refinance and invest in its 7 subsidiaries across Sub-Saharan Africa

Phoenix Tower International is set to acquire 3,200 telecoms sites in France from telecom operator Cellnex

IFM Investors is targeting a A$1 billion cap for its new Australia and New Zealand focused private equity fund – the Long Term Private Capital strategy

Brookfield Asset Management and OMERS have teamed up with US-based REIT American Tower to submit a binding takeover offer for Australian wireless infrastructure operator Axicom