Guggenheim Partners

Guggenheim Partners is a privately held global financial services firm with more than $170 billion in assets under management.

We provide asset management, investment banking and capital markets services, insurance, institutional finance and investment advisory solutions to institutions, governments and agencies, corporations, investment advisors, family offices and individuals.

Guggenheim Partners provides services across Insurance Financial Services, Investment banking, Capital markets, Investment management, Merchant banking, and Asset management. Guggenheim Investment Advisors oversees about $50 billion in assets.

In June 2009, Guggenheim hired former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz as Executive Chairman to “focus on transforming Guggenheim`s existing broker-dealer, which is focused on sales and trading of fixed income securities, into a full-service investment banking enterprise”.

In September 2009, Guggenheim hired former Goldman Sachs partner Peter Comisar as Vice Chairman and Head of West Coast Investment Banking. The West Coast Advisory team is also headed by an ex-Managing Director from Bear Sterns and Moelis & Co. The West Coast team focuses on Consumer Retail and Digital E-Commerce advisory while the NY team houses the remaining industry verticals and product groups.

In October 2009, Guggenheim hired former J.P. Morgan head of Media Investment Banking Mark Van Lith as Senior Managing Director.