Chris Glynn

Global Infrastructure Partners II, the second offering from Global Infrastructure Partners, has amassed $7.5bn in capital. The fund, with a hard cap of $8bn, is on course to become the biggest in industry history.

The Carlyle Group is investing $800m in railway operator Genesee & Wyoming, a capital injection which will be used to aid the company's $2bn purchase of RailAmerica.

KKR Global Infrastructure Investors has closed with $1 billion in committed capital. The fund, launched in 2008, has helped the private equity firm establish a $4bn real asset platform.

Terra-Gen Power, owned by ArcLight Capital Partners and Global Infrastructure Partners, has offloaded a 150MW wind farm in California.

Merchant bank NextEnergy is raising ix:Africa, a socially responsible fund seeking to invest in ‘green’ infrastructure throughout Africa.