Global Infrastructure Partners acquired Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori for $2.9bn.

Private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners acquired Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, an Italian company which is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h high-speed trains, for $2.9bn. Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP said: “We look forward to supporting the Company’s ambitious growth plans and ongoing commitment to providing quality service to Italo’s passengers”.