Credit Agricole expands LatAm PF team

Maria Muñoz has joined Credit Agricole CIB as director in its Latin American project finance team

Blackstone Infrastructure brings in $6.75bn

Blackstone has revealed it brought in an additional $6.75 billion for its perpetual infrastructure strategy

Pantheon holds first close on Pantheon IV

Pantheon Global Infrastructure Fund IV has held first closing on its $2.5 billion fund

Government to pick FA on telecoms privatisation

A Central Asian government is soon to mandate the financial and transaction adviser to help sell a state-owned telecommunications company

Hyundai Engineering pulls $1bn IPO

Korean construction firm cancels deal after bookbuilding due to valuation concerns

Orange appoints new CEO

Telecom giant Orange has today announced Christel Heydemann as its next chief executive – replacing Stéphane Richard who stepped down from the post following a fraud conviction

Russian data centre operator closes latest funding round

Commercial data centre operator IXcellerate has raised $190 million in financing from both new and existing investors

IJInvestor Funds and Investors Report 2021

The year of 2021 proved a blockbuster year for infrastructure fundraising and M&A activity, according to IJInvestor research

New JV to expand Ireland FTTH coverage

Irish telecoms company eir has partnered with French private equity InfraVia Capital to expand fibre-to-the-home coverage across the Republic of Ireland

Equinix, GIC to build South Korea data centres

US data infrastructure company Equinix is set to develop 2 data centres in South Korea by agreeing to form a $525 million JV with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC

Antin adds to Korean team

Michelle Maeng is now investor relations director at Antin Infrastructure Partners