Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, acquired a 40% stake in Nuova Argo Finanziaria from Gruppo Gavio, one of Italy’s top industrial groups and a prominent global operator in the transport infrastructure sector. The strategic partnership between Aurelia, the financial holding company of the Gavio family, and Ardian aims at strengthening the role and competitiveness of Gavio Group as global player in the infrastructure sector, focused on growth, international expansion and on value creation for all stakeholders, and able to successfully seize major opportunities in Europe, Latin America and the United States.These regions are characterized by important consolidation opportunities in the transport infrastructure, as well as by significant investments and projects in the road and motorway concessions sector.