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Secondary market for private equity heats with billion dollar deal

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Several large transactions have heated up the secondary market for global private equity, suggesting predictions for market upturn were right according to new research from alternative investment research firm Preqin. AXA Private Equity's purchase of ...

IFM mandate heats up Poland

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... privatisation is subject to final approval by the end of this year. IFM manages over $29 billion across infrastructure, private equity, debt investments and listed equity portfolios, invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 32 major ...

Instos go direct as hedge funds industry moves

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... hedge funds rather than fund of funds. "Investors are allocating capital very selectively in both hedge funds and private equity. They're increasingly allocating more directly into funds and increasingly through co investments," said Barry. Despite negative ...

nabInvest makes first move in global equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... in a range of major asset classes, including Australian equities, global equities, fixed income, real estate and private equity," said Garry Mulcahy, chief executive, nabInvest.

Super funds chase CPI linked assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... managed by global fund managers on behalf of pension funds grew 16% in 2010. The research, which covers real estate, private equity fund of funds, fund of hedge funds, infrastructure and commodities, included ten Australian alternatives managers with ...

Yale returns tough to replicate: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... warns an academic. The Yale Endowment Fund (YEF) is famous for the high returns it achieves from investment in private equity funds, returns that reportedly annualise at 30% over almost 40 years. This success has pushed pension funds around the world ...

International private equity struggles to raise real estate funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
Global private equity firms have faced challenges raising funds for international real estate with managers launching fewer funds and targeting less capital, according to a new report. In April 2011 there were 26 real estate funds of funds in the market ...

Investment head concerned by super approach

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... billion in global FUM and offers a 'multi expert business model' in the Australian market with equities, fixed income private equity and real estate products available to institutional investors.

Impact investing emerges as asset class

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... there is good circumstantial evidence that says that it pays off," said McCarron. Impact tends to be more in the private equity, some primary capital rather then secondary markets.

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... European renewable energy markets instead of domestic due to lack of stability and uncertainty at home, according to private equity firm Polaris Energy. The Luxembourg-based company said that Australian investors were highly interested in renewable investments ...