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Zenith recommends Barwon/Select PE fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
... year, the multi-manager portfolio provides access to unlisted private equity deals at various stages, including venture capital, expansion capital and management buy-outs, management buy-ins and leveraged buy-outs. Zenith Director David Smythe said ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... alleging private equity managers are tax dodgers, asset strippers and don't contribute to the economy, the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has thrown off the gloves and come out fighting. BVCA vice chairman Jeremy Hand, in a speech to 300 ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... principal and senior consultant at Watson Wyatt Australia, Graeme Miller. According to the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 2006 Yearbook, the Australian private equity industry has $22.4 billion invested, with $4.1 billion ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has told Bloomberg they reject calls that additional taxation be imposed on its members just because they are private investors who use leverage. The rebuff follows reports that the British Trades Union ...

Orchard buys max Super

... chief executive Andrew Barlow will continue to oversee the online-based super fund but will also head up Orchard's venture capital division. Formerly named SAITeysMcMahon, the group offers over 40 unlisted funds on behalf of 11,000 investors and more ...

Govt leads VC investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... private equity market focusing more on middle and advanced stage investments is causing such a drain on early stage venture capital (VC) investment that the government has been compelled to become a major VC sponsor. The AusIndustry sponsored Innovation ...

PE investment in UK boosts job: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), through a survey confirming the economic impact of private equity investment, has hit back at claims private equity investors have poor disclosure and do not contribute to the national economy. "In the ...

SME board to place $50 million this year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... to list on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) later this year. ASSOB founder, Tony Puls, said the Australian venture capital market was woefully disjointed, and ripe for rationalisation. For a long time innovative small to medium enterprises (SME) had ...

Thomson Financial launches peHub private equity blogsite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
Thomson Financial, responding to the surge in private equity investment activity, has launched Private Equity Hub, an interactive forum for the private equity venture capitalists, buy-outs professionals and service providers. Thomson Financial said ...

Private equity capital raising breaks $4bn for 2005-06

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... billion in new capital raisings in the 12 months to 30 June 2006. Thomson Financial, working with the Australian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (AVCAL), said, "Private equity activity in Australia surged with an increase in total investments ...