"Goldfinger" Raises $2.5 Billion
HONG KONG (Reuters) - "Goldfinger" is back in the market and has a new focus -- Asia. Mount Kellett Capital, a private equity firm run by former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) partner Mark McGoldrick, has completed raising about $2.5 billion for its first fund with a focus on Asia, especially China, two people with knowledge of the details told Reuters. McGoldrick earned his nickname while at Goldman Sachs where, as co-head of its lucrative global special situations group, media reported he was paid $40-$70 million in 2006. The Asia-focused firm, which McGoldrick and former Goldman colleagues launched early last year, initially set a target to raise about $5 billion, but pared this back as markets fell sharply late last year, said the sources, who declined to be identified as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
