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American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... co-founders Richard Levy and Brendan Carroll said on a recent visit to Sydney. Among its investors are the sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurers and the World Bank's International Finance Corporation. The firm primarily focuses on institutional ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... professionals from superannuation funds, pension funds, investment consultants, family offices, insurers, sovereign wealth funds and financial advisory services.

Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... high ranking officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, using a third party intermediary to do so. One of the sovereign wealth funds Leissner did business with was the 1Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB), a Malaysian government owned investment fund that ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... in Australia," Keary said. He said investors in the fund are pension funds, insurance companies and some sovereign wealth funds. "That's the ultimate, from my perspective, managing money on behalf of a country is a very big responsibility," Keary said. ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... according to an S&P report quoted in the article. A report released in May from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they were back with a bang. Their ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... the 12-month period. Small caps IPOs raising less than $100 million. A report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said sovereign wealth funds cooled on IPOs in 2018 as public markets offered up fewer IPOs and warmed up to private ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... and private equity markets," Invesco said in the report. An earlier report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they were back with a bang. Their ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... Massachusetts, New America's Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) analysed and rated around 200 sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds against 10 core principles and 20 criteria for responsible investing practices, including disclosure ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... management for the International Monetary Fund, advising nations on establishing and the management of sovereign wealth funds. She has also previously held senior financial market roles in Australia and New Zealand. Last month, Future Fund hired MLC's ...

IFM Investors to open new Europe office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... 17 countries, including pension funds, mutual insurers, charities and endowments and a small amount of sovereign wealth funds.