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Financial Index offers $130m for Centric Wealth

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... there being no superior proposal. The deal would see shareholders receive 8.9 cents cash per ordinary share. CHAMP Private Equity bought a 75% stake in Centric Wealth in 2009 for $80 million with the remaining 25% being owned by 220 shareholders. Centric ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

Blue Sky targets mandate wins with $19m capital raise

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... listed diversified alternative asset manager with approximately $400 million in assets under management (AUM) across private equity, private real estate, real assets and hedge funds.

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... obtain this information from the fund manager. The policy received a good deal of criticism, in particular from the private equity and hedge fund industry, who argue that full disclosure would violate their intellectual property rights and undermine ...

Half of infrastructure investors unhappy with fee structures

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... alternative asset class. In comparison, 36% of institutional investors in hedge funds, 33% of institutional investors in private equity and 28% of institutional investors in private real estate funds disagree that fund manager and investor interests ...

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... Capital Group as "an example of smaller funds combining to form a vehicle providing access to the otherwise expensive private equity and infrastructure markets." Regarding provision of financial advice, he said: "We are already accommodating funds that ...

IFM to open Tokyo office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... business development. This is the third major announcement this month from IFM, following the formation of a new private equity team, and the expansion of their North American infrastructure debt operations. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said: "Our ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... currently has C$5.8 billion invested in Australian assets, including real estate, infrastructure, public equities and private equity at June 30, 2013. Three fifths of that is invested in real estate. If the deal goes through, DEXUS and CPPIB will split ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... despite only representing 22% of sovereign wealth funds globally by number. The proportion of funds investing in private equity and hedge funds has decreased in the past year from 57% and 38% respectively in 2012 to 45% and 31% in 2013. Meanwhile, appetite ...

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has appointed a senior executive from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) as new chief executive. Yasser El-Ansary will be AVCAL chief executive starting ...