(Bloomberg) -- Italian infrastructure fund F2i SGR SpA is prepared to invest in rail network development in the country, in a move that could give the company a foothold on a key national asset.
“As we did with Telecom Italia’s landline grid, F2i is open to raising funds for high-speed rail network investments as it’s one of the country’s most strategic pieces of infrastructure,” Chief Executive Officer Renato Ravanelli said in a statement seen by Bloomberg.
Stefano Donnarumma, CEO of Italian rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato SpA, said during a strategy presentation in Rome that he plans to seek investors for the company’s high-speed network.
F2i is Italy’s biggest independent infrastructure-focused fund manager, with assets under management of over €8 billion ($8.4 billion) factoring in equity and debt, according to the company’s website.
Its investments range from transportation, to logistics, to energy transition, to telecommunications and health-care.
Ferrovie runs an array of services, directly and through subsidiaries, including transportation, infrastructure and real estate, operating in countries including France, Greece and Spain, as well as Italy.
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