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UniSuper makes venture capital play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
UniSuper, the $106 billion industry fund, has made an investment with a venture capital fund manager. The fund has invested $75 million with early-stage commercialisation fund manager, Uniseed. The investment will feed into UniSuper's sustainable investment ...

Perennial awards new fund admin mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
Perennial Partners has appointed Apex Group to deliver fund administration and transfer agency services to its new Private Ventures Fund. The Perennial Private Ventures Fund is targeting a raise of $200 million to invest in high growth private businesses ...

Perennial expands private markets offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Perennial Partners is pre-marketing a new private growth ventures fund, looking to launch to wholesale investors next month. The Perennial Private Ventures Fund is due to launch on 26 April 2022. It's currently being pitched to wholesale private investors ...

GCI appoints managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
A former RBC executive was appointed to expand the national footprint of the specialist fixed income and credit fund manager. Joel Keating is setting up Global Credit Investments' Melbourne office as managing director, having recently returned to Australia ...

Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
Having just launched their own shop in January, two former members of the industry fund's private equity team have been mandated to run the newly created Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF). Neil Stanford and Brighid Pappin opened the doors to V-Ignite ...

GAM partners with Liberty Street

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
GAM Investments announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with Liberty Street Advisors. Liberty Street is a private market investment firm focussed on late stage, high-growth innovation companies. Through the new partnership, GAM plans to ...

CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Only 27% of candidates who sat the latest Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level one exam passed. The November exam, which had 28,170 aspiring investment management professions undertaking the session, saw a marginal improvement compared to the May ...

Oliver Wyman recruits former Westpac executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The former chief executive of Westpac's institutional bank has moved to a consultancy firm as a senior adviser. Lyn Cobley joins Oliver Wyman, a subsidiary of Marsh McLennan, as the firm ramps up its sustainability offering to clients and presence in ...

Packhorse secures premium pastoral land

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
Packhorse Pastoral Company (Packhorse) has acquired 8654 hectares of premium pastoral land north of Inverell, New South Wales. The Ottley Station acquisition will be the first New South Wales property to be included in Packhorse Pastoral Company's portfolio ...

Super fund appoints ESG, listed equities lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
The newly merged LGIAsuper and Energy Super has promoted Fiona Mann to head of listed equities and ESG. In this unique role, Mann is responsible for the performance, construction, and continuous management of the global and Australian equities asset ...