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Canada plan in talks to buy Livingston

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has entered a consortium with private equity firm Sterling Partners to buy Livingston International Income Fund. According to Livingston's website, the firm - through its operating subsidiaries - is Canada's ...

Private equity firms sign PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
In a sign of the times, two of the country's leading private equity firms, Ironbridge Capital Australia and CHAMP Private Equity have signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The UN PRI is used as a blueprint for pension ...

PE secondaries could be ticking time bomb

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Investors should be wary of the overexuberance in the secondary private equity markets as it could mirror the mega buyout bubble of 2007, according to new Watson Wyatt research. A new paper from Watson Wyatt noted that an anticipated supply-demand imbalance ...

...and adds to insto sales team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... firm a couple of months ago. Duivenbode joins the team after working across a number of investment areas including private equity, infrastructure and resources at Macquarie Capital's Private Placement Group for three years. Prior to that, he worked at ...

Agriculture wins pension fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... will boost the firm's capability in institutional agricultural investment, carbon emissions planning and project private equity fund raising "The strong global demand for food and agricultural investments has seen the increased need for specialist agricultural ...

Macquarie Private Bank appoints CIO

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Macquarie Private Bank has appointed Robert Credaro, formerly from Macquarie's private equity division, as its new chief investment officer. Credaro will start his new role on 1 October. In his new role, he will lead discussions with various fund providers ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... share in global FDI flows to 43 per cent in 2008, noted the report. The UN also noted a "marked downturn" in FDI by private equity funds across the globe - not surprisingly it is a phenomenon caused by the demise of access to easy financing. At the other ...

Trustees gain climate change guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... provides an insight across different asset classes including equities, property, fixed income, infrastructure and private equity. "This book gives them the information which they can use to ask the right questions," said Steve Gibbs, director at IGCC. ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
CalPERS is taking a stronger stance in its private equity investments after endorsing a set of principles to promote transparency and alignment of interests in PE deals. In a press statement, the $229 billion California Public Employees' Retirement ...

Westpac moves to wholly own Ascalon

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... with Kaplan Equity in a transaction that is expected to be completed in October this year. Sam Kaplan, director at private equity firm Kaplan Equity, said the decision to sell its shareholding reflects the firm's desire to focus on private equity investment ...