The International Finance Corporation has appointed a new regional director for Latin America, based in São Paulo

An Italian impact-focused fund has hit €460 million so far, taking it halfway to its €1 billion target

International infrastructure investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners has named Charlie Scott as its new investment director

Switzerland’s largest private telecommunications company Sunrise is set to acquire the telecom division of Swiss utility company Elektra Basel Land for an undisclosed sum

The AFC and Mizuho Bank have signed an MoU to collaborate on energy and infrastructure project financing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stafford Capital Partners has held the final close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV

Luis Alejandro Matus has been appointed executive director and head of infrastructure co-investments at UBS Asset Management

Harmoni Towers – a portfolio company of Palistar Capital – is set to acquire tower platform and build-to-suit provider Parallel Infrastructure from Apollo Global Management

Pierre Nicoli has stepped up from his role as senior adviser to iCON Infrastructure and has assumed the position of managing director, operating out of France

Long-serving La Banque Postale AM member René Kassis is leaving to pursue other opportunities in real private assets

Digital Transformation Capital Partners has held the second closing of its Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II at around €1 billion

Hamburg Commercial Bank has been mandated as lead arranger and cornerstone lender on the refinancing of broadband company Eurofiber Group

The EMEA telecoms lead for the London branch of SMBC is exiting the Japanese bank and is understood to be starting at a data centre company later this autumn

Sojitz Corporation and Helios have signed an MoU to collaborate on investment opportunities on energy and infra projects across Sub-Saharan Africa

KfW – the Germany development bank – has approved a €61.8 million loan to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health for the implementation of 2 projects in the healthcare sector