News in brief - 22 December 2022

Community Fibre has received £100m of debt financing from Macquarie Asset Management
The funding, which forms part of a £985m financing package, will enable Community Fibre, a builder, operator, and owner of a full fibre network in London, to accelerate the roll out of its network to more than 2.4 million properties across London and its surrounding areas by the end of 2024.
This investment marks the team’s first financing to a UK fibre network operator, but the transaction follows a suite of investment activity in the EMEA region’s digital infrastructure sector, including a €125m debt investment to support SIRO’s network expansion in Ireland.

Hargreaves Lansdown has selected Origo Dashboard Connector to connect pensions dashboards
Orgio Dashboard Connector was designed to enable pension providers and administrators to connect to the pension dashboard’s core architecture “easily, securely and cost-effectively”.
The announcement was welcomed by Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions and retirement, Jack Williams, who commented: “After considering all the options we believe partnering with Origo is the most efficient way for us to connect to the dashboard.
“We look forward to working with them over the coming months as we move towards our staging date.”

Phoenix Group has invested in mentoring technology with Connectr
Phoenix Group was seeking a progression, development and retention tool that delivered impact at scale across their pension savings and life insurance brands. Adopting Connectr’s technology, Phoenix Group hopes to deliver agile, always-on support that connects employees across the entire business to grow their knowledge and expertise through peer-to-peer mentoring programmes.
Leveraging Connectr’s platform, Phoenix Group intends to create a unified culture of support and levelling the playing field for employees of all backgrounds to succeed in their career.

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