Snowball to head AMP Private Markets
The current chair of Provident Financial, Patrick Snowball, has been appointed as the new chair of AMP Capital’s Private Markets business
IPA publishes final guidance on shift to SONIA
The UK Infrastructure Projects Authority on Monday published its final guidance on the adoption of SONIA as the new benchmark for PFI projects
Pantheon infra fund seeks £300m London IPO
Pantheon Ventures is launching a publicly traded global infrastructure fund in London, eyeing a £300 million IPO
Kenyan 4G provider in talks with IFC
Kenyan wireless infra company ATK is in talks with the IFC over a potential $25 million loan to debt finance new BTS towers as part of a 4G coverage expansion
Ardian to buy Spanish fibre provider
Ardian Infrastructure has won an auction to acquire Barcelona-based broadband provider Adamo Telecom from EQT's mid-market private equity fund
Axiata, Sinar Mas mull Indonesia telecoms merger
Malaysia-based telecoms company Axiata Group and Indonesia conglomerate Sinar Mas Group are reportedly in talks to merge their Indonesian telecoms businesses
BRIDGE V hits €1.2bn target as team grows
Edmond de Rothschild’s fifth infrastructure debt fund has hit its €1.2 billion target, as the platform bolsters its team and expands its global ambitions
Vietnam to auction 5G spectrum
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has outlined plans to launch a spectrum auction for LTE and 5G this quarter that allows telecoms operators to launch 5G services by 2022
China finds guinea pig for infra REIT market
China’s promotion of a market for infrastructure REITs is set to get a boost as a Beijing-based infrastructure supplier and developer mulls whether to package and issue a nearly $290 million trust
Goodman, STT GDC to develop Japan data centres
Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres enters Japan by partnering with property group Goodman to develop new data centres in the east of Tokyo metro area
Mato Grosso do Sul advances digital infra project
The state government of Mato Grosso do Sul has approved technical feasibility studies for the Infovia Digital fibre optic project, expected to be offered as a 30-year concession
Kenya launches data centre tender
Kenya Electricity Generating Company has invited RFP bids from consultancy firms for the pre-development work on a commercial Tier IV data centre project
Natixis partners with Chilean financial adviser
Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking has signed a cooperation agreement with Chile’s Tyndall Group to develop joint advisory mandates for M&A transactions
Delay on €1.2bn Irish data centre
Procurement of the proposed €1.2 billion Clare County data centre has been delayed by around 4 weeks due to requests for further information from the council
Downing invests in UK fibre rollout
Downing has extended £145 million in financing to internet provider Broadway Partners to fund a fibre rollout to rural communities in Wales and Scotland