Private-Equity Funds Raise More Than $300 Billion

Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Private-equity funds have gathered $300 billion this year, led by 13 buyout funds that account for about a third of the total, according to a report by Private Equity Intelligence Ltd.

Fund raising through Oct. 3 surpassed the $283 billion for all of 2005, London-based Private Equity Intelligence said in a report. Private equity includes buyout, venture-capital, real- estate and distressed-debt funds.