Astatine Investment Partners – formerly Alinda Capital Partners – has hired Said Nashashibi as a managing director in its global investments division, based in Greenwich, Connecticut

IJGlobal hears that Alex Snow has been lined up to replace Joe Taylor who resigned last week from his role at NatWest, as exclusively reported by this title on Monday

The African Development Bank has promoted Ahmed Rashad Attout to director of the financial sector development department effective 1 June

Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s pension fund is seeking an infrastructure focused alternative investment fund

Brazilian development bank BNDES has approved a financing package to Giga Mais Fibra to expand internet coverage in the sates of Maranhão and Pará

DWS is raising capital for its fourth European infrastructure fund with a target size between €4 billion and €5 billion

EcoDataCenter will receive an SEK 280 million debt package to finance the expansion of its Falun data centre in Sweden

Hafslund Celsio has sold Norwegian fibre company Hafslund Fiber to Eidsiva Bredbånd as part of its efforts to refocus on its core businesses

UKIB will provide KKR-owned Hyperoptic with a £150 million debt package as part of the internet service provider’s latest fundraise

The Portuguese Competition Authority has rejected the acquisition of Cabonitel by Vodafone Portugal

Texas-based CyrusOne, a global data centre owner, developer and operator has closed a $7.9 billion warehouse credit facility

Joe Taylor has resigned from his London-based infrastructure leadership role at NatWest to take up a new challenge at a fund with international ambitions

The Africa Finance Corporation has promoted Banji Fehintola to executive director for financial services, effective 1 August

Africa-focused telecommunications company Bayobab has acquired a terrestrial and subsea connectivity license to support its subsidiary – Bayobab Cote d’Ivoire – in expanding its data transmission network

Orion Infrastructure Capital has raised $370 million at the final close of its inaugural growth debt fund, above an original $350 million target