Vantage closes Hong Kong, Malaysia acquisition

Vantage Data Centers and its lead investor DigitalBridge have completed the acquisition of the PCCW data centre business

Patria completes Chilean acquisition

Latin America-focused infrastructure investor Patria Investments has completed its acquisition of Moneda Asset Management, a Santiago-based asset manager with over $5 billion of assets

Digital Edge closes largest acquisition in Japan

Digital Edge, backed by real assets investment manager Stonepeak, completed the $230 million acquisition of 5 data centres assets on the main island of Honshu from Itochu Techno-Solutions

Afreximbank signs $50m MoU to support Senegalese infra

Afreximbank has signed with Senegal’s sovereign wealth fund FONSIS an MoU to foster infra development in the West African state

I Squared closes Mexican data centre deal

I Squared has completed its acquisition of KIO Networks, Mexico’s largest operator of data centres

Papua New Guinea attempts SOE reforms

Papua New Guinea achieved a milestone in its reform of state-owned enterprises by publishing an amended law in the National Gazette

Ecuador taps lead for new PPP office

Roberto Salas Guzmán has been appointed to lead the Ecuadorean government’s new PPP office

Asterion completes Retelit acquisition

Investment manager Asterion Industrial Partners, an independent firm focused on European infrastructure in the mid-market, has completed the acquisition of 100% of Retelit

UBS CFO steps down

The chief financial officer of UBS, Kirt Gardner, has today announced his intention to step down from the role “to pursue other opportunities” and will be leaving the bank next May

Bridge to build 100MW data centre in Malaysia

Bridge Data Centres is to develop a greenfield data centre in Malaysia which is being dubbed the largest of its kind in Malaysia

Prominent appointments at Morrison & Co

New Zealand headquartered infrastructure investor Morrison & Co has appointed Peter Coman and Geoff Hutchinson as co-heads of Australia and New Zealand

UPDATE: Macquarie closes Philippines telco investment

Macquarie Capital is facilitating the development of the Philippines’ telecommunications infrastructure market to enhance connectivity and mobility for local mobile users by completing its investment in one of the fastest-growing independent tower companies in the archipelago

Fourth fund vintage nears first close

A European fund manager is close to holding first close on the fourth vintage of its flagship infrastructure vehicle

OMERS Infra moves up Hall

Canadian investor and asset manager OMERS Infrastructure has promoted Alastair Hall to senior managing director overseeing the firm’s European transactions

Manulife holds $4.65bn final close

Manulife Investment Management has held a final closing on the Manulife Infrastructure Fund II, a $4.65 billion private fund with committed capital from 29 limited partners and Manulife’s general account