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Senior adviser joins Macq Investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... brings deep direct investment and portfolio company board expertise which will further strengthen our Australian private equity credentials," said Michael Lukin, head of MIM Private Markets. MIM has over $A6.5 billion of assets under advice.

Allegro unveils second PE fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Emerging Australian private equity investor, Allegro Private Equity, has launched a new fund to raise more than $200 million, targeting smaller mid-market private equity opportunities emerging in the post-GFC environment. According to a press statement ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... addition, she said the fund is also working closely with private equity managers, in particular the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) Responsible Investment Steering Committee. The committee has recommended their members ...

Shift to altern assets fuel valuation concerns: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... appropriate valuation approaches." The regulator is instead directing funds towards the IFSA and AVCAL (Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) guidelines as the latter in particular has been dealing with these challenges for decades. ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... The same cannot be said about the entire wealth management industry. Thomson Reuters data show that Australian private equity deals have grown 83 per cent year-on-year since 2001. Eight years ago, 28 deals were signed worth US$1.2 billion. In the heady ...

PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... the media after the deals have been completed and those benefits are evident." Katherine Woodthorpe, Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association chief executive, said the private equity industry had not handled media exposure well in the ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... European or North American buyouts. As a result, almost two thirds of investors currently investing in Australian private equity plan to increase their allocations to Australian buyouts over the next three years. Jon Freeman, a Partner at Coller Capital ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... 2006," said principal and senior consultant at Watson Wyatt Australia, Graeme Miller. According to the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 2006 Yearbook, the Australian private equity industry has $22.4 billion invested, with ...

Ironbridge and Archer spend $349m on pharmaceuticals

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Australian private equity specialists Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital have purchased the 3M pharmaceuticals business in the Asia Pacific for $349 million. As part of a strategy flagged in April this year, 3M decided to sell off its $2.1 billion ...