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Perennial to launch fund, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Perennial will launch its third private company investment fund for wholesale investors on July 14 and has hired an investment head from Investec. The Perennial Private to Public Opportunities Fund No. 3 has a minimum raising target of $50 million ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 Budget. This surge in business confidence translated into increased private investment with the National Accounts tracking a 5.3% increase in the March 2021 quarter and 3.6% higher from a year before - the first ...

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Australian Ethical, we've known for many years that climate change would and should become a key driver of private investment decisions," Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said. "But not all Australians have the time, energy, or experience ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Australian institutional investors are actively increasing their allocations to alternatives, particularly those that deliver idiosyncratic values and opportunities. According to the inaugural Nuveen and CoreData survey, more than half (55%) of asset ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... it's economy remains mired in deflation which doesn't bode well for future household consumption and private investment. Speaking of which, household consumption and private investment were the biggest contributors to Australia's December ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
The chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has exited the top job amid reports he left the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. CPP Investments announced that Mark Machin resigned shortly after he "decided ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... an independent director and adviser on the boards of listed infrastructure investment company Infratil, and private investment company BBRC Worldwide. She also consults to companies looking to go public and raise capital. "The NZ Super Fund is set to ...

QIC hires investment director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The $54 billion fund manager has hired from Cambridge Associates to add an investment director to its global private capital team. Inigo Garcia Gordobil will be based in QIC's San Francisco office and focus on the North American market including ...

Coolabah to manage Contango fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Coolabah. This valued the boutique over $116 million. The stake changed hands from the Bennet family's private investment business AMB Capital Partners to Pinnacle.

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... package would be delivered as soon as possible and spending would be geared on measures "that will attract private investment". It couldn't come soon enough. For despite rebounding from multi-year lows in recent months, the Markit/Nikkei PMI surveys ...