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PE firm invests $49m in renewable energy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US-based private equity firm, Global Environment Fund, has completed its $49 million investment in the Indian-based clean energy provider, Greenko PLC. Greenko is one of India's largest independent power producer that focuses exclusively on renewable ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... some of them have fully integrated it," said Donohue. In addition, she said the fund is also working closely with private equity managers, in particular the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) Responsible Investment Steering ...

Clearway adds emerging markets manager client

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... Clearway Capital Solutions, said local institutional investors are starting to incorporate emerging market public and private equity and debt exposure into their portfolios. "Somerset Capital's very experienced team located in the UK and Singapore has ...

AMP Capital hires Barnes as senior portfolio manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... Superannuation Investment Management Corporation. Most recently, he worked as an executive director at the London-based private equity investment firm, Imprimatur Capital. He also worked as a geologist in the energy and mineral sector. Standard & Poor's ...

PE managers should not mislead: IOSCO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... bizarre regulatory releases since the GFC, global regulatory group IOSCO has issued a report outlining guidelines for private equity managers stating that they should be honest and always act in their clients best interests. IOSCO is the international ...

Telstra Super seeks investment experts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... qualified as well. Meanwhile, the alternatives professional will be responsible for managing the domestic and offshore private equity and hedge funds investments of Telstra Super. The candidate will have prior investments experience and will work as ...

Frontier takes tough stance against asset-based fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... skewed in favour of managers." He said that this is particularly the case for hedge funds and, to some extent, private equity funds where majority of the outperformance end up getting eaten away in manager fees. But addressing the misalignment of fund ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... either low cost PPP (Public Private Partnership) strategies and/or higher-return value-added strategies, similar to private equity. This is preferred to high-fee core infrastructure funds that currently dominate the sector. Ross Barry, head of portfolio ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... include the 0.8 per cent gain from Telstra and the returns from the fund's proportionally negligible allocations to private equity, infrastructure and alternative assets. A quick study of how much the fund has poured into each asset classes over the ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... SRI investment, which fell 25 per cent. In comparison, the five fastest growing investment asset classes included private equity, infrastructure and Australian fixed interest. Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing director at Frontier Investment Consulting ...