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Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... (45%). There was increased appetite for alternatives, as APAC family offices plan to increase their allocation in private equity (24% direct investments and 32% funds/funds of funds), private debt (28%) and hedge funds (31%) in the next five years, indicating ...

UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... submission to the inquiry that depending on the extent of the increases, the impact on venture capital (VC) and private equity funds' ability "to raise capital and invest would be profound". In analysing the potential impact of an indexed change to the ...

Centuria launches new wholesale fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... only. It has forecast starting annual distribution of 8.0% paid monthly, and a target 13.5% IRR. The Fund has a targeted equity raise of $41 million with investments starting from $100,000. The real estate funds manager acquired Halls Head Central for ...

NovaPort Capital team calls it a day

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... NovaPort Capital have decided to hang up their boots. A decision was made on May 13 to wind up the small cap Australian equity manager, Fidante told investors, saying the NovaPort team had made the call to close the business. While Fidante considered ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... housing is such a "vexed issue." To unlock housing supply at a faster rate, she said institutional investors need to be "equity providers." "How do you get that risk-return profile to match up when you're looking at housing affordability when you're ...

Private markets demand cools: bfinance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... the first quarter of 2024 - which was 26% below the last quarter of 2023. This occurred across the subclasses of private equity and private debt, as well as infrastructure and real estate. While private equity capital raising declined during the quarter ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... replacement investment managers" since FSI made an announcement it is closing its Australian fixed income, global credit, equity income, and emerging companies units, and losing some $14 billion in assets under management. Macquarie Investment Management ...

LGT Crestone launches new investment solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... years, however, they often share similar market-related and/or economic sensitivities with traditional assets. "Private equity is still equity after all, so when you strip out differences in valuation approaches, the underlying risk factors are the same ...

Loomis Sayles brings global bond fund to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... fund focuses on a broad universe of investment-grade fixed income securities globally, hedged to the Australian dollar. Equity Trustees has been appointed as the responsible entity of the fund. Loomis Sayles manages $348.4 billion in assets as of March ...

Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Link Group chair Michael Carapiet who becomes lead independent non-executive director. "The acquisition values Link Group equity at $1.2 billion and implies an enterprise value of $2.1 billion. With MUFG's global network and strategic focus on sustainable ...