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MLC awards mandate to US fund BlueMountain

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
A private investment fund run by a former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive has won its first Australian mandate. MLC will invest into the BlueMountain Capital's BlueMountain Credit Alternatives (BMCA) fund, but would not comment on the mandate's value. ...

IFM consortium wins Port Botany lease

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... 99-year leases of the ports. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said that this purchase set a precedent for using private investment to grow public infrastructure. "With over 80% ownership by Australian industry superannuation funds, the investment will ...

Lowys ramp up Westfield selldown

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... and New Zealand. The family has been gradually selling off assets in recent years and reinvesting them in its private investment vehicle run by Frank Lowy's son David. This latest deal is expected to raise around $700 million for the family coffers and ...

Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Private) and their offers of interests in 'Aussie Super -Superannuation Fund'. Purporting to be a Dubai-based private investment firm with branch offices in New York, Frankfurt, Geneva and Melbourne, Swiss Private's website claims to be 'now managing ...

IFM appoints new private equity executive director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... to strengthen its private equity capacity. Previously Lipchin was head of private equity at Melbourne-based private investment and advisory firm Wingate Group and was co-founder and managing director of South African independent private equity firm Horizon ...

Special bond issues could fix unaffordable housing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... a $90 million investment by government to underwrite a new Housing Supply Bond could leverage $7 billion of private investment. While the AAH proposal is yet to gain traction, the recent success of the $1 billion BHP Billiton corporate bond - launched ...

Wingate sets up shop in Sydney

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... deliver a unique offer in the Australian market," he added. The Wingate Group was founded in 2003 and is a private investment and advisory firm focused on capital solutions, property and asset management.

Private sectors eyes NSW infrastructure deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... will remain under the public hold. The legislation will be introduced when parliament resumes next year. The private investment sector has said the trend of private ownership and the operation of such assets will continue to rise as global governments ...

Govt infra paper opens investment doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
The Government has announced plans to remove tax disincentives and encourage more private investment in infrastructure projects in a bid to entice investments into the local market. As stated in a discussion paper on the 2011-12 Budget measure introducing ...

ASIC suspends Far East AFSL

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An independent Sydney-based private investment bank has had its Australian financial services license suspended for failing to lodge financial statements. Far East Capital Limited specialises in the resources sector in the junior end of the market and ...