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Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... and has a special focus on mid-market assets. First Sentier was eyeing €3.5 billion over between three and five fundraising series. The allocation follows Christian Super's US $15 million commitment to the Brookfield Infrastructure Fund IV, which ...

UK asset manager acquires stake in retirement funder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... help grow the scale of the business so that consumers have better options at this critical life stage." The series B fundraising will be used to meet those objectives with the funds raised allocated to grow Household Capital's team. ME Bank was one of ...

Superannuation fund hits brakes on raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... financial services sector and the impact investment community," a spokesperson said in a statement. "We will be picking up fundraising activity again in the next financial year." Future Super managed about $470 million at end of June, 2019. It was set ...

Tough times continue for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Despite a $2.5 billion shortfall and losing 444 advisers, AMP's board has approved an 80% increase to chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's remuneration. It has also announced the resignation of its chief risk officer. The country's largest wealth ...

Former CFS GAM head in new venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... the emissions curve, and fast." The update included a call for volunteers to register with the project as well as a fundraising push. Altiorem has attracted $155,000 in seed funding since February 2019 from the Alerce Trust and Alistair Thompson. To ...

Meet the Sydney boutique beating Magellan's returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... from $89 million to about $250 million during last year, owing both to the investment team's performance and the fundraising. The latter is overseen by another Evans and Partners alumni, Daniel Micallef who is a co-founder and a business development ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... client base and build its research coverage. Preqin Pro is a software subscription platform that tracks data (such as fundraising, deals and exits) for six main alternative asset classes: private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private debt, hedge ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... scholarships to members and raised over $1.75 million for the National Breast Cancer foundation, taking their total fundraising efforts for the charity to over $37 million to date. The group has ramped up its advocacy efforts for women in retirement. ...

Grandfathering phase out tussle continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... reinstatement if we win. " The AIOFP has employed Corrs Chambers Westgarth in its High Court challenge and is currently fundraising for the cost of the case. It is expected that the group would need between $1 million and $2 million to take its case ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... without sacrificing returns," Stening said. "We are honoured to be able to partner with VisionFund to arrange the fundraising, enabling Australian investors to directly support tens of thousands of vulnerable individuals around the world so that they ...