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Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
Economic global weight shifting towards Asia is being accompanied by rapid development in the Asian private equity market. The sector is estimated at about $50 billion, and after several years of falls appears to now be regrouping and climbing up from ...

Private equity tax treatment under scrutiny

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
The Australian Tax Office has responded to criticism that tax treatment of gains on private equity is impacting flow of development capital from institutional investors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) has raised ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... their lowest level in more than 10 years. Industrial services company Spotless has agreed to a full take-over by private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for a total cash consideration of $2.71 per share. The offer values Spotless at $720.2 ...

Hyperion restructures, names new MD

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... manager Hyperion Asset Management has named Tim Samway new managing director following the decision to establish a private equity business. Samway is currently Hyperion's institutional business director and a founding shareholder who has been with the ...

SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Global sovereign wealth fund assets jumped 16% in the past 12 months to $4.62 trillion, with private equity assets in North America attracting special interest, reveals new research. According to the alternative investments research group Preqin, 57% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Ltd is due to hold an extraordinary general meeting for a shareholder vote on the proposed joint venture with a private equity firm that would take in its outdoor media assets. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed lower after a rise in domestic ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... Ambachtsheer. "Themes like energy efficiency and renewable energy and the water sector - these can be accessed through private equity and infrastructure green bonds, which present the potential to hedge against climate change." Analysis conducted as ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Institutions deleveraging to shore-up balance sheets is leading to a buyer's market for private equity, according to one provider. "In Europe alone the banks need to deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager ...

Large funds outperform: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... allocation and fees were the main factors. "Larger not-for-profit funds have higher allocations to investments, such as private equity and real estate, where they are likely to have a size-related advantage. Lower investment expense ratios of larger ...

Altius makes senior advisory appointments

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... investment strategy. He was also a director of ING Australia, and is currently a non-executive director of Praemium, ING Private Equity Access and Kaplan Higher Education. Fitzgerald has held senior positions at UBS Australia, Bank of America Australia ...