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Billionaires of all ages watching AI: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... 12 months and 38% plan to increase developed market bond holdings. By contrast, the successor generations favour private equity, with 59% looking to raise direct private equity investments and 55% looking to invest more in private equity funds. "This ...

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... concentrate its additional investments from its London headquarters into sectors like real estate, infrastructure, and private equity, focusing on the energy transition, affordable housing, life sciences, technology, and digital infrastructure. "We are ...

LGT Crestone offers exclusive access to the Princely family fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... still invests in traditional asset classes, it has a relatively high exposure to private markets assets, including private equity, which have historically been a source of outperformance to public markets and are not otherwise easily accessible. "We ...

AustralianSuper slams Brookfield's Origin Energy bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... is resolute the value and future value of Origin is better in the hands of members and other shareholders than a private equity consortium planning to short-change them," the $300 billion super fund said. The fund added that it believes the ongoing energy ...

Private equity, venture capital outperform listed assets: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
Over the past decade, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) in Australia have yielded an 18% return on investment compared to 9% for the ASX 100 and 8% for the ASX Small Ordinaries Index in the last decade. According to the Australian Investment ...

Scarcity Partners brings private equity investment model to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
Scarcity Partners has launched a private equity investment model that enables investors to take direct equity stakes in investment and asset managers at the General Partner level. The Scarcity GP Access Fund, founded by asset management executives ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... to 47% globally. In terms of investment preferences, Australians lean towards managed funds, private assets like private equity, and cash or equivalents. Notably, they are less inclined than the global average to invest in gold, silver, precious metals ...

Insurers drop allocation to risk assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... decrease their allocation to Aussie equities, 14% will decrease global equities, and 6% will drop allocations to private equity. Additionally, 17% are set to reduce their exposure to unlisted property, 6% plan to decrease allocations to hedge funds ...

Australia a central focus for alternatives: Apollo

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... structure." The AAA fund targets high-net-worth individuals and focuses on a broad landscape between investment grade, private equity, and private debt. The open-ended, semi-liquid fund offers investors access to broad private market exposure, targeting ...

La Trobe reveals global strategy, partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... originated, senior secured loan assets issued to US middle market companies, owned by some of the world's largest private equity firms. The product seeks to deliver an annualised distribution yield of at least 9% per annum net of fees. Andrews said it's ...