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Guggenheim Partners has hired alumni of HIG Capital and Legg Mason for the private fund group of its capital markets division.
The Paris-listed private equity manager invested €1.165 billion in buyouts in the year to 30 June 2006, including its acquisition of Europcar from Volkswagen.
After making two initial investments from the fund, the Roy Disney-led Burbank, California firm has closed it oversubscribed.
The Nordic private equity firm has thus far raised €69m for CapMan RE II, a real estate vehicle focused ondevelopment in Finland.
3i, a global private equity firm, has reported £627m of realisations and £568m of investments in its pre-close period briefing. The firm expects to close its €5bn fifth European mid-market fund in the next few weeks.
Shares for Partners Group Global Opportunities Limited, which began trading on AIM yesterday, closed the day at €10.25, above its launch price of €10.
The Madrid-based private equity firm has held a final close on its third fund, passing its original target of €200 million.
The US private equity firm is spending £410m on a central London office building.
The increasingly global private equity giant will use a Moscow base to pursue investments throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.
Southern Cross, an Australian venture capital firm that was established only at the start of the year, has held a first close for an early-stage technology fund on A$100 million.