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Future Fund appoints alternatives, credit heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... Waldron as its head of credit. Fisher initially joined the sovereign wealth fund in February 2021 as director of private equity. She has had an extensive career in the investment industry and was recruited as part of a widespread global search. Fisher ...

Pendal, Perpetual in acquisition talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... inaccurate media speculation, should there be a transaction, no equity raising would be required nor would there be private equity involved." The discussions follow Perpetual's attempts in April to acquire Pendal, offering one Perpetual share for every ...

Foresight buys Infrastructure Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... Infrastructure Trust, and the Australian Renewable Income Fund. Meanwhile, Foresight invests in listed infrastructure and private equity opportunities, focused on solar and onshore wind, bioenergy and waste, as well as renewables and energy efficiency ...

Forrest family hires former ART portfolio manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... moment, most of the capital is allocated to listed equities and public bonds with a small but growing commitment to private equity, so there are opportunities to diversify." For nearly 15 years, Tomlinson headed up alternative strategies at Sunsuper ...

Australian Retirement Trust records -0.96% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... quarter end, a review of our unlisted asset valuations was conducted resulting in a downward adjustment to certain private equity investments to better reflect our current view of their underlying values." He said the fund's diversified portfolios weathered ...

Blackstone invests US$400m in ESG commodity exchange

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
The private equity giant has announced it will pour US$400 million into Xpansiv, a platform that lets investors trade assets tied to the energy transition, such as carbon offsets and renewable energy credits. The money will be used to drive growth via ...

Appian appoints head of Australia, Asia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... as an underground manager and with WMC Resources. An Appian statement said that Nicholson's experience in mining private equity funds will help reaffirm and grow its presence in Australasia. Appian founder and chief executive Michael W. Scherb commented ...

WTW appoints head of due diligence, and private equity Australasia M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Willis Towers Watson named Sarah Pendred as its head of due diligence and private equity for Australasia within its mergers and acquisitions practice. Pendred will take up the role on July 11 and report to WTW director Steve Torresan. She will be based ...

UniSuper revamps investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... strategy. Further, Sandra Lee will become head of private market and lead UniSuper's $10 billion infrastructure and private equity strategy. Previously, she oversaw just the unlisted infrastructure assets. Over time, Pearce can envisage UniSuper's ...

TIP Group appoints senior executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... TIP Equity and Michael Baragwanath as its new head of wealth. Effective July 1, Wong will be running the firm's private equity division and Baragwanath will oversee the group's investment banking capabilities. With more than 25 years of public and private ...