IFC to invest equity in pan-African telecom tower developer
The International Finance Corporation is considering a $24 million equity investment into newly established pan-African telecom tower developer Eastcastle Infrastructure which plans to build up to 1,950 new towers across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Triple Point to roll over digital infra asset into new li...
Triple Point is launching a London-listed digital infrastructure fund, which is set to IPO in March and has a maiden investment lined up in the subsea cable market
ASIC to appoint new head within 3 months
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started the recruitment process to replace its chair James Shipton who stepped down in October last year following a misconduct inquiry
Optus closes mobile acquisition
Optus Mobile cleared conditions precedent on schedule with its acquisition of the mobile business of Australia’s largest mobile virtual network operator for nearly $200 million
MUFG extends first green loan in NZ
New Zealand’s Contact Energy and MUFG Bank on Friday agreed on a 4-year sustainability-linked loan of NZ$75 million
Listed infra index to track ESG performance
Industry associations have launched an ESG-focused listed infrastructure index
IJGlobal League Tables – full-year 2020
The last full calendar year – 2020 – of infrastructure and energy finance will for all time be remembered as the one that put the global economy to the test, and proved the resilience of this sector
3iN reports lower income as portfolio companies retain ca...
Listed investor 3i Infrastructure reported an “expected” 45% dip in year-on-year income in the final quarter of 2020, while maintaining that its portfolio remains resilient
Upper Bay hires partner
New York-based Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners has appointed Caitlyn MacDonald as a partner and head of investor relations
MIGS II achieves target
Macquarie has reached its target for MIGS II, having raised $1.1 billion from investors
Primevest and Vodafone partner on German fibre
Primevest Capital Partners and Vodafone Germany have partnered up on the construction of a fibre network in the city of Hadamar in the Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg
Berry to head new infra team at River and Mercantile
Ian Berry – former head of infrastructure equity at Aviva Investors – has joined River and Mercantile along with several former colleagues to establish a new infrastructure business
Pioneer raises €150m for first fund
Infrastructure investor Pioneer Point Partners has raised €150 million for its first fund
Orange sells fibre equity to institutional investors
Orange has sold a 50% co-controlling equity stake in newly created fibre network − Orange Concessions − to a French consortium.