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Forensic tool for private equity

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Institutional investors that want more regular audits of the performance and management fees of their private equity funds can now avail of a new custodial services product that offers "forensic portfolio analytics" to clients. One of the largest custody ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... infrastructure manager, RARE Infrastructure, said you should look at infrastructure investments similarly to how you assess private equity. "What is important is to understand the lifecycle. There is a greenfield stage, a developing stage and a mature ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... industry funds for instance, GESB has a relatively small exposure to unlisted assets, comprising a diversified private equity program of around 5 per cent of total assets. In turn, the fund is now formulating a strategy to seek increased exposure to ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... institutional investors are snubbing direct infrastructure projects and fund-of-fund strategies for distressed assets, private equity and hedge funds in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey. The Alternative Investment Summit Industry Survey ...

CHAMP buys Centric Wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
CHAMP Private Equity has completed the acquisition of a 75 per cent stake in Centric Wealth and invested $80 million into the boutique advisory firm. The deal follows "overwhelming support" from shareholders of Centric Wealth at a General Meeting held ...

ML downsizes private equity team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
Merrill Lynch is scaling back its Sydney-based private equity division, according to industry sources. It is understood Merrill Lynch has axed many of the firm's Australian based private equity employees. A company spokesperson neither confirmed nor ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... value, and the need to balance toward core asset classes". The two funds that were set aside were a small/mid-cap private equity fund managed by Pathway and the Alinda II infrastructure fund. Both of these investments had been approved at the July 24 ...

Telstra Super hires JANA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... their family. According to Rainmaker, Telstra Super has more than $9.8 billion in funds under management across private equity, property, fixed interest, local and global equities and cash investments.

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
US based Private Equity Council (PEC) members have agreed to integrate governance, social, health, labour and environmental issues into their investment processes. The guidelines were signed after a meeting with PEC and some of the worlds' largest institutional ...

Gloves off ahead of APRA report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... terms of stress." AMP has also recruited three more people to its alternative investments team and partnered with private equity firm StepStone to spot new investment opportunities. Henaghan said that the fund's underperformance, which will likely be ...