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FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... international property (up 17 per cent), Australian fixed interest (up 12 per cent), international fixed (up 9 per cent), private equity (up 5 per cent), Australian equities and listed property (both up 4 per cent), infrastructure and international equities ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... Berkshire's expansion to Sydney comes at a time when M&A activity among investment managers is rising. For example, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co made a takeover bid for Perpetual two months ago, and last month Suncorp Life sold Tyndall ...

Temasek boosts Singapore SMEs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... the total amount to S$500 million. "We are pleased to participate in this programme, and see opportunities for private equity to add value to the growth of Singapore-based SMEs," said Jimmy Phoon, head of strategy at Temasek Holdings. The Singaporean ...

UCSuper makes debut in infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... all previously established state based Synod corporate funds. Hastings is a specialist manager of infrastructure, private equity and high yield investments with more than A$5 billion in funds under management. Plenary was established by Plenary Group ...

More turbulence ahead: De Bever

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... better place to be than almost anything else." A pioneer in alternative investing, De Bever also sees a comeback for private equity (in its original "transformational" form, rather than the more recent, highly leveraged variety), anticipates another ...

VicSuper restructures asset allocation

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The $7.7 billion VicSuper has reallocated 5 per cent of its property portfolio to fixed interest, reduced its private equity holdings, and aimed to hedge 65 per cent of its international equities portfolio as part of its investments update in the last ...

Global private equity firms invest in OzForex

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The $100 billion private equity firm Carlyle Group, which has links to some influential world leaders, has invested in OzForex, the retail foreign exchange provider part-owned by Macquarie Private Wealth. The size of the investment was not disclosed ...

Perpetual FUM stable despite KKR bid

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... resolved, the industry spotlight now rests squarely on Perpetual, which remains subject to overtures from leading US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). The market is nervously awaiting the next move after Perpetual rejected KKR but left ...

APRA puts spotlight on super

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... APRA was the valuation of unlisted assets - particularly relevant as major super funds increase their exposures to private equity and direct property and infrastructure. " The absence of ready benchmarks...can lead to outdated and inappropriate valuations ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' bid for Perpetual only involves shares in Perpetual Limited - and does not give the private equity firm access to client funds, the chairman of the committee overseeing the takeover deal told investors. "I would like to stress ...