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Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... the past year, however, private equity strategies were the most popular, culminating in 469 deals worth US$39.5 billion. Venture capital came in second place with 277 deals and real assets at 44. US-domiciled funds were the most popular with 383 deals ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... option. Meanwhile, its high growth investment option, introduced in October 2023 that primarily focuses on technology and venture capital, returned 15.35% for the 2024 calendar year. "We are delighted to once again deliver strong returns for our MySuper ...

Stamford Capital Investments launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Stamford Capital Investments (SCIM), the investment management arm of Stamford Capital, has launched its fourth fund, seeking to raise $100 million from wholesale investors. It expects to raise $30 million by the end of January for the fund's first ...

MetLife to acquire PineBridge Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... subject to a multi-year earnout; however, it excludes PineBridge's private equity funds group business and its joint venture in China. MetLife has made asset management growth a foremost priority as part of its new five-year strategy, which was unveiled ...

Schroders shutters local private debt arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... equity where we are already seeing sustained growth and momentum." The decision does not relate to the Schroder RF joint venture which was established in 2021 when Schroders bought half of RF Eclipse, part of Andrew Roberts' family office RF Group. Schroders ...

QIC backs analytics platform with $2m investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
QIC Ventures has pledged $2 million in seed round funding to Accoil Analytics, a product engagement analytics platform for B2B companies. Accoil provides services to collect and organise customer behaviours to help companies better understand their ...

Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
The venture capital sector saw assets under management (AUM) reach $3.1 trillion in 2024, but the year wasn't without its hurdles, according to research from Preqin. Over the course of 2024, 800 funds raised a total of US$84.8 billion by Q3, compared ...

Spatium partners to launch wholesale agricultural fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
Spatium Capital has kicked off a new joint venture with Invest Inya Farmer (IIF), an agriculture production assets investment platform, to provide wholesale investors access to private agriculture production assets across Australia and New Zealand. ...

Keystone Asset Management to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... the value of the assets of the ADPF" and "investor funds may have been misapplied." ASIC added that it is now aware that Venture Egg, a Melbourne-based financial advice business that advised clients to invest in Shield, has written to investors on two ...

AMP completes advice licensees sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... doubt about that and that will progress over time," George said. "Right now, my job is to support Matt, make sure this venture is successful and sustainable and the proposition still remains compelling for advisers." The new line-up Under the new structure ...