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Fund administrator eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... private capital industry hit a record high of $77 billion at June 2020, according to Preqin and Australian Investment Council's annual tally of the sector. Ascent was founded in 2019 and has fund administration clients in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... private equity and infrastructure, is heating up, new research shows. Joint research by Preqin and the Australian Investment Council reveal super funds are on the hunt for co-investment opportunities across major private capital asset classes as the ...

Government launches digital economy strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Venture Capital Limited Partnership (VCLP) and Early Stage Limited Partnership (ESVCLP) regimes. The Australian Investment Council chief executive Yasser El-Ansary welcomed the review into the venture capital regimes and said it needs to be done to create ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... managers to finance growth industries as well as increase benefits to their members. Preqin and the Australian Investment Council estimate the local venture capital and private equity have a combined market of $33 billion, delivering net annual returns ...

ASIC relaxes IPO red tape

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... relief. As a part of its public consultation, ASIC received four non-confidential submissions from the Australian Investment Council, Australian Financial Markets Association, Law Council of Australia and On-Market BookBuilds.

Super fee obsession must stop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... and consider the place for illiquid assets in MySuper. Citing APRA's heat maps as an example, the Australian Investment Council (formerly AVCAL) said that policy makers and regulators have focused discussions around inefficiencies in super fund performance ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Australia's $30 billion private equity and venture capital industry for the annual report published by Australian Investment Council (formerly Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association or AVCAL). It does not rate funds. Preqin's ...

SGE extension could hurt small entities: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... legislation extending the SGE, the FSC draws on previous public submissions made by Deloitte and the Australian Investment Council (formerly AVCAL), noting in particular its agreeance with the AIC's concerns for small investment entities which may be ...

HESTA names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... Before joining HESTA, Major was an executive director at Macquarie. He is currently the chair of the Australian Investment Council and also represents HESTA on several boards. He has also served as a director of the Climate Bonds Standards Board and ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne yesterday. Speaking to the Australian Investment Council Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Future Fund deputy chief investment officer for private markets Wendy Norris said the sovereign ...