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Frontier overhauls research function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... and derivatives), reporting to Kemp. Frontier has also created a new private markets team to run private debt and private equity under one single construct. This team will focus on offerings in both debt and equities to help provide clients with insight ...

Future Fund adds to investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... recently by recruiting Ben Griffiths, (ex-TCorp) as director of equities and Carlyle dealmaker David Bluff as head of private equity. Last week, Alexander Byrne, an infrastructure and timberland specialist also joined from the Australian Retirement Trust. ...

Nuveen wins $190m super mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... Churchill Asset Management, Nuveen's private capital arm, seeding US$250 million into senior and unitranche loans to private equity-backed US middle market companies.

Australia lags in global fund disclosure: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... risky assets. Meanwhile, the research house labelled the disclosure requirements for unlisted infrastructure and private equity "appallingly weak". "Following industry lobbying, draft regulation that was to require the disclosure of the value and weighting ...

Cbus eyes big deals in new investment blueprint

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... Australian small caps." Further, he emphasised the intent to bolster the fund's capacity in infrastructure and private equity. "Our private equity team, though modest in size, has a track record of success and we're keen on expanding our efforts in that ...

Liverpool Partners invests in AI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The Sydney-based private equity investor has acquired a majority stake in Australian hyper-automation and artificial intelligence consulting firm Simplyai. As part of the deal, former Seven Group Holdings group chief operating officer and Accenture ...

E&P Investments hands over RE mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... replace itself as RE of the US Masters Residential Property Fund, the Venture Capital Opportunities Fund and CD Private Equity Fund I, II, III and IV. The move was part of its broader strategy to exit non-core businesses, as well as on the back of investor ...

Qantas Super appoints deputy investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... capacity-constrained opportunities with attractive risk-return profiles over the medium term. "These opportunities include private equity, infrastructure, and other alternatives such as agriculture, timberland and the like. So quite a diversity in terms ...

Industry funds' illiquid assets scrutinised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... levels, with Level 1 representing listed equities and Level 3 comprising more illiquid assets like infrastructure and private equity. In this analysis, AustralianSuper commands the highest proportion of Level 3 assets, making up 27% of total fund net ...

Family offices maintain a steady course: Goldman Sachs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... about inflation than in EMA (62%) and the Americas (56%). Across all respondents, the average asset allocation to private equity increased slightly from 24/% in 2021 to 26%, while the average allocation to public market equities has decreased from 31% ...