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Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...

Future Fund posts 1.81pc first quarter loss

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... manage its alternatives strategies. Advent International Corporation and Horsley Bridge Partners look after the private equity allocation and BlackRock Investment Management manages its overlay strategies. The $6.3 billion Higher Education Endowment ...

Neuberger Berman pledges money guarantee

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... along with a huge slice of the parent company's asset management business was recently sold for $2.7 billion to private equity giants Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman.

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... the past two years we also see the emergence of SRI thematic funds and a greater focus on areas such as property, private equity and microfinance." The growth of the SRI market is due to external pressure from non-governmental organisations and the media ...

Centric raises $100m in rights issue

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
Centric Wealth struck an agreement with CHAMP Private Equity to underwrite a $100 million rights issue to retire short-term debt and buy more businesses. The rights issue is underwritten by CHAMP II Fund and must be approved by shareholders. Michael ...

PE firms gobble Lehman Bros AM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Brothers, along with a huge slice of the parent company's asset management business has been sold for $2.7 billion to private equity giants Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman. The transaction saw the two private equity firms snap up the business ...

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... broader range of investment asset class, particularly non-liquid asset classes such as infrastructure, commodities, private equity, real estate," said Patricia Pascuzzo, Mercer's principal, sovereign funds global. Middle Eastern SWFs in particular have ...

Qantas Super to exit Constellation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
Value manager Constellation turns a new leaf after Qantas Superannuation Limited (QSL) moves to offload its private equity stake and just under $250 million in investments from the group. Constellation's managing director Doug Little said the timing ...

JV moves Invesco into China PE

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Investment Consulting Company. The joint venture will use the capabilities of both firms to identify and assess private equity investment in power generation and develop a private equity business in China. The firms appointed Shen Zhongmin as chief executive ...

HSBC launches alt fund services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... and financial reporting to hedge fund managers, fund of hedge fund managers, absolute return fund managers and private equity partners locally. "Our ability to leverage our global footprint and provide our clients with a seamless service for their Australian-domiciled ...