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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 ...

Pension fund acquires telco

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... complex technology solutions; and UK-based multi-site operations that rely on connectivity for business. Head of private markets for the Universities Superannuation Scheme Mike Powell said: "We believe that KCOM is a high-quality business that is well-placed ...

Listed infrastructure to hit double digits: CBRE

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... Jeremy Anagnos said the valuations of infrastructure assets in listed markets are attractive relative to those in private markets. CBRE's team looked at EBITDA multiples of 70 private transactions across multiple sectors over last two years and compared ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... and Capital. Alicia Gregory, head of private equity, Future Fund The $147 billion sovereign wealth fund's private markets team has solid female representation across its lineup. In 2018, Wendy Norris moved into the role of deputy chief investment ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... portfolio made no material changes in the second half of calendar year 2018, expect for trimming down some of its private markets assets. "We are looking to add flexibility to prepare the portfolio for the next 10 years which we think will be [more challenging] ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... large listed companies will challenge advisers and investors to allocate more of their portfolios into global and private markets to meet clients' future liabilities." Consistent with this, Spire Capital will launch new global alternatives opportunities ...