Partners Group fund holds $2bn initial close

Partners Group Direct Infrastructure 2020, the asset manager’s most recent fund, has raised $2 billion at an initial closing

IJGlobal League Tables – H1 2020

IJGlobal today publishes league table findings for infrastructure finance and project finance of infra and energy transactions for Q2 2020, giving a global view of the sectors for deals closed this first half

Arizona issues broadband RFI

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has issued an RFI for its Smart Highway Corridors P3 projects that will roll out broadband along highways across the state

Canadian infra investor – exodus

Word reaches IJGlobal of an exodus of un-nerving proportions from a world-famous infrastructure investor… leaving the market to draw some rather unfortunate conclusions – it’s not a terribly jolly ship

DIF fund acquires IELO stake

DIF Core Infrastructure Fund II will acquire a stake in French digital infrastructure company IELO

AXA raises €1bn for second infra debt fund

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has reached final close on its second comingled European infrastructure debt fund at €1.05 billion

IJInvestor Funds & Investors Report – H1 2020

IJInvestor today publishes the first half report tracking fundraising, infra fund activity and M&A developments for the first half of 2020, comparing these results with previous halves in our extensive database

DFI eyes telecoms subsector

A development finance institution has issued a request for expressions of interest to firms to assist with a study of the satellite subsector

IJGlobal Awards Winner – Global MLA

Société Générale was singled out as the global leader for international infrastructure lending activity across the 2019 calendar year by IJGlobal’s independent judging panels that met early in 2020 to judge submissions

IJGlobal Awards Winner – Global Financial Advisory

Financial advisory is always a hotly-contested section in the IJGlobal Awards, and the judges were faced with the annual challenge of selecting winners for each region based on submissions from banking teams, advisory houses and specialist boutiques

Copel approves telecom arm privatization

Brazilian state-owned Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) has approved the sale of its telecommunications subsidiary Copel Telecomunicações

APAC organisations collaborate to streamline project fina...

An infrastructure platform backed by Enterprise Singapore and Monetary Authority of Singapore and an Asia Pacific-focused trade association are partnering on a consultation to benefit the project finance market

BSO enters Latin America's data centre market

Telecoms operator BSO has launched in the South American market, in partnerships with 10 datacenters