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Challenger director jumps to global manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
A global private markets manager has hired an experienced Challenger director to lead its efforts in Australia and New Zealand. Warwick Mancini is joining HarbourVest Partners as a principal, making him responsible for investor relations for the region. ...

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... traditional strategies] but they still have a lot of capacity in global opportunities and alternatives such as private markets, private credit, infrastructure, property and real assets." But even securing a committed distribution partner is not a guarantee ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... Australian Investment Council Conference in Melbourne yesterday, Future Fund deputy chief investment officer for private markets Wendy Norris said the sovereign wealth fund knows capital is abundant at the moment, but it is looking for long-term partnerships ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... May from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they were back with a bang. Their focus was on venture and growth capital financing rounds in technology ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... (IFSWF) said sovereign wealth funds cooled on IPOs in 2018 as public markets offered up fewer IPOs and warmed up to private markets where their focus was on venture and growth capital financing rounds in technology and health companies.

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that sovereign wealth funds retreated from private markets in 2017 but in 2018, they were back with a bang. Their focus was on venture and growth capital financing rounds in technology ...

Spire Capital hires director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... investment programs and serving institutional investors, family offices and advisory firms. He joined from global private markets investment manager Partners Group where he worked across a variety of roles in investment origination, product development ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... renewable energy projects, airports and transmission networks." UBS Asset Management said its real estate and private markets infrastructure business - the arm which held its 60% stake in Collgar - determined the time was right to divest after it reached ...

Super funds partner for $250m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... State Super, the investment in the fund will sit in its private equity allocations which are a part of the total private markets portfolio of roughly $18 billion. The super fund will also classify internally the investment as impact investing. VicSuper ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... are unlikely to be impacted by macro-economic factors or even geo-political turns of events. Sunsuper head of private markets Michael Weaver added: "Look, these might seem like boring investments to some people. But think about the times we're in and ...