Austrian investor Benko builds $1.1 billion acquisition fund
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Rene Benko's Signa Holding has raised 700 million euros in fresh funds from existing investors and is planning a 500 million euro capital increase to give it liquidity reserves of more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion/892.42 million pounds) for future acquisitions.Among the assets in the holding company of Austrian investor Benko, who made a name for himself buying property, are half of New York's Chrysler Building, the Park Hyatt Hotel in Vienna and Alte Akademie in..