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IFM announces new private equity program

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has brought its private equity and private assets operations together under one team to be headed up by Phillip Bower. The new integrated group, to be known as Private Capital, will incorporate the fund's Private Equity ...

BlackRock creates global real estate investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
BlackRock has created an international real estate investment platform after acquiring MGPA, a private equity real estate investment company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The acquisition assembles a combined $23.5 billion global real estate into an investment ...

Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... information is provided. Preqin said their research findings, based on a survey of 100 active institutional investors in private equity, real estate and infrastructure, show that a major disconnect exists between what information fund marketers are providing ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... sovereign wealth funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management Study revealed ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Superannuation funds could find themselves locked out of the best international private equity and hedge funds if the government's "draconian" portfolio holdings disclosure requirements go through unamended, representatives of the alternative investment ...

AVCAL chief executive resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Katherine Woodthorpe has announced she will step down as chief executive of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) after seven years in the role. Woodthorpe made the announcement last night, and her resignation will be ...

Blue Sky grows revenue 48%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... alignment. This is driving a greater proportion of global savings to alternative assets. "Our offerings across private equity, private real estate, hedge funds and real assets (currently water and water infrastructure) uniquely position us to participate ...

Trio director strikes back and takes APRA to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... collapse. Trio Capital provided services to Millhouse IAG as the Responsible Entity and Trustee for Millhouse IAG's private equity business. Trio collapsed in late 2009 with losses of around $176 million.

Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... in March 2013, Henderson had 56% of funds invested in equities, 25% in fixed income, 18% in property, and 1% in private equity. The Board has said shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 2.15 pence per share to be paid on 20 September 2013.

IFM reveals start date for fee reduction

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... to investors from December 1 2011. In November last year IFM announced that it planned to undercut traditional private equity fees by about 50 %. The fund manager offers around 55 products and mandates. Melbourne-based IFM is owned by 32 industry superannuation ...