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NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...

Private capital industry growing at record speed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... attractive to the 61% of Australian institutions that invest in alternatives; since 2000, Australian-domiciled private equity funds have delivered an average net-of-fees internal rate of return of 19.2%, a 6% premium on global benchmarks and substantially ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... super system will lead or follow the transition towards new technologies and an innovation-driven economy. The private equity and venture capital veteran said he's never seen more action in funding for start-ups and early-stage Series-A businesses in ...

New Blue Sky MD shoots for $5bn

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... "shortly thereafter." Describing Blue Sky's new US business as "one of substance," he pointed to the firm's first US private equity transaction in FY16 and said he expected "we will complete our second in the coming months." Shand added: "In addition ...

New director at QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... Sunsuper, various positions with AMP in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and as the current chair of MH Carnegie, the private equity investment company. King has more than 30 years' experience in the Australian corporate real estate market. He is the ...

GSAM and Deutsche Bank back new PE firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Deutsche Bank Private Equity have become limited partners in the launch of an independent private equity firm. Stage Capital, newly separated from the National Bank of Greece, will be backed by funds managed by the ...

Blue Sky reshuffles directors

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... and managing director of Artefact Ventures. The other appointment is Nick Dignam, currently Blue Sky's head of private equity. He joined Blue Sky in 2014; prior to that, he was an investment director at Catalyst Investment Managers and a manager, M&A ...

NAB board member joins Platinum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... services assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. At PwC she worked with a range of clients in banking, property, private equity and wealth management sectors providing advice on financial and regulatory reporting, risk management, controls and ...

PE firm to buy out Goldman Sachs Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
A global growth private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy out Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Australian business and fund platform. TA Associates will partner with GSAM head of Australia equities Dion Hershan and the Australian GSAM management ...

Bisan buys stake in RE, launches PE fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... has acquired a 40% equity interest in a responsible entity for three managed investment schemes and launched a private equity fund. The asset manager purchased the stake in Endeavour Securities for $600,000 from Linchpin Capital; following completion ...