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Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... Private Capital Market Yearbook which tracks activity in the private capital industry. The report found private equity and venture capital (VC) has a combined AUM of $65.5 billion, as of June 2023, which was 30% higher than in December 2021. Real estate ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
New Forests has named Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) veteran Michelle Elliot as its global head of funds. In the newly created role, Elliot will be responsible for improving investment, operations, and investment analytics to support the investment ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... small-to-medium enterprise clients employing 1.5 million. Ironically, Hostplus, which is an avid investor in start-ups and venture capital, has a stake in Employment Hero. Hostplus is also worried that WMPs will negatively influence employees post-onboarding. ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... said. According to the report, deal-level returns - particularly relevant given 39% of sustainable investments are in the venture sphere - for sustainable and non-sustainable investments historically have virtually the same return profiles, suggesting ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... investors should be cautious about entering this space unless they have relevant expertise. Professional fund managers and venture capital firms are better placed as they often employ AI specialists for technical evaluations. fs

Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... allocations, the report found that family offices are pivoting from challenged asset classes such as private equity and venture capital into other parts of the alternatives sector. Private debt investment grew from 8.3% to 12.4% over the past year, while ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... week. In her place, John Williamson has been appointed chair of the $66 billion fund. He will also be chair of Elevate NZ Venture Capital Fund, which the Guardians also oversee. Williamson is the former chief executive of ACG Education and Hellaby Holdings ...

HSBC wins $23bn in admin, custody mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... and in 25 markets. "HSBC's ongoing investment has enabled Perennial to consolidate listed managed funds, unit trusts and venture capital and private asset administration into a single platform, facilitating an enhanced service experience for Perennial ...

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... 2027. The raise was led by QIC via its Business Investment Fund, and included further investments from Hostplus, HESTA and venture capital firms Main Sequence and Blackbird. Gilmour is building a "diversified space services platform", including producing ...

Aware Super builds out BTR portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... The super fund's real estate business will build 135 apartments in Sydney's inner south, its latest build-to-rent (BTR) venture. The new development, in Sydney's Zetland, is the 11 th site Aware Real Estate has committed to, with a further five sites ...