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APAC now most active region for VC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... $1.04 trillion. According to Preqin's Alternatives in APAC 2023 report, since the pandemic, APAC has overtaken North America as the most active region for VC. Preqin's fund search data revealed that 46% of VC investors were targeting APAC in ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... report, is the steepest drop in 10 years (2013-2022), triggered by both geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. North America recorded the sharpest decline at -7.4%, followed by Europe (-3.2%) and Asia Pacific (-2.7%). In contrast, Africa, Latin ...

Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... that serve companies and governments across the globe. A Lazard veteran, Orszag has also held the roles of head of North America mergers and acquisitions and global co-head of healthcare, as well as managing director and vice chair of investment banking. ...

Global alternatives manager lands down under

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
A US$74 billion alternatives asset manager has opened a local office and hired a head of Australia and New Zealand from HSBC. GCM Grosvenor has established an office in Sydney and appointed Andy Lukas to lead the firm's push into the region. The ...

Aware Super restructures investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... property strategy locally and globally. His main focus is on direct operating platform investments in Australia, North America, Asia, Continental Europe and the UK. He is also a director on the board of Oak Tree Group in Brisbane, City ID in Amsterdam ...

Equity Trustees wins Northleaf Capital mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... senior secured direct lending to private-equity backed firms and asset-based speciality finance investments across North America, Europe, and Australia. Equity Trustees' latest mandate follows its appointment as trustee for ClearLife Capital's ...

Canadian VC fund invests in Aussie fintech

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... existing investors and will support the agri-fintech in scaling globally, including the opportunity to expand into North America. "Through our investment we expect DAS will bring meaningful positive change to agriculture and its supporting financial ...

Airlie founder to step down, successor named

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
The founder of Airlie Funds Management will retire in mid-2023 after spending more than 30 years in the industry. John Sevior established Airlie in 2012 after working 17 years at Perpetual Investments, serving as its head of equities, and overseeing ...

Gurner, Qualitas close second BTR fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... said. "Institutional ownership of build-to-rent apartments is not a new concept in other parts of the world, such as North America, where institutional ownership of residential stock can be around 11%, compared to Australia where the industry is only ...

bfinance completes management buyout

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... engagements for investors outside Europe, compared with 39% in 2018. "The shift has been led by growing client bases in North America, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australia," it said. Commenting on the buyout, bfinance chief executive David ...