The global insurer’s fourth fund of funds vehicle closed well in excess of both its $400m target and its $239m predecessor.
New York-based Apollo and Indian investment group SUN have closed a $630m fund focused on the Indian property sector.
The European private equity fund of funds specialist is opening an office in Munich with two partners, co-founders of Stratin Capital Advisors.
Danish investment firm Sparinvest has closed its fund of funds on $640m, which will invest in property vehicles around the world.
The Dubai fund of funds manager is hoping to be one of the first to offer access to the Indian private equity market via a quoted vehicle with a $100 million float of a fund on AIM, London’s alternative segment.
ING Real Estate has closed its first China-focused opportunity fund on $350m with plans to focus on residential developments in primary and secondary cities.
Ironbridge Capital, an Australian private equity firm that spun out of Gresham Private Equity in 2003, has raised A$1.05 billion for its second fund.
France’s state-owned finance institution and one of the country’s largest investors in private equity is in negotiations to free its venture capital subsidiary from the yoke of public ownership.
The Swiss alternative assets manager rounds off a spate of activity with the close of its latest European fund of buyout funds on €368m taking the total firepower of its 2006 fundraising to €1.6bn.
The central and eastern European veteran manager has closed the largest fund ever for the region, turning away €600m of commitments, and plans to extend its activity to the Ukraine and Croatia.
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GI Partners, a trans-Atlantic private equity firm, has raised $1.45bn from investors including CalPERS, ATP and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
The UK government’s investment arm dedicated to emerging markets has placed $100m into a vehicle focused on property in African—its first commitment to a fund focused solely on property.
Newly-quoted Swiss alternatives manager Partners Group has closed its second fund in as many months
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