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Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... The same cannot be said about the entire wealth management industry. Thomson Reuters data show that Australian private equity deals have grown 83 per cent year-on-year since 2001. Eight years ago, 28 deals were signed worth US$1.2 billion. In the heady ...

PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... the media after the deals have been completed and those benefits are evident." Katherine Woodthorpe, Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association chief executive, said the private equity industry had not handled media exposure well in the ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Takeover merchants

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2007
... European or North American buyouts. As a result, almost two thirds of investors currently investing in Australian private equity plan to increase their allocations to Australian buyouts over the next three years. Jon Freeman, a Partner at Coller Capital ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... 2006," said 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 ...

Ironbridge and Archer spend $349m on pharmaceuticals

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Australian private equity specialists Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital have purchased the 3M pharmaceuticals business in the Asia Pacific for $349 million. As part of a strategy flagged in April this year, 3M decided to sell off its $2.1 billion ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... investment over a true long-term horizon. Bringing a European perspective to all the noise around the Australian private equity investment sector, di Valmarana highlighted some of Unigestion's concerns and also issued some advice for Australian investors ...

Ironbridge rounds up $1b in PE capital raising

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... AlpInvest, Partners Group, Gartmore and LGT Capital Partners. Significantly, Ironbridge Capital is the first Australian private equity manager to secure broad investor support from Japan. Julian Knights, managing partner of Ironbridge Capital, said ...

There will be mistakes: eG Capital

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
With the Australian private equity sector continuing to attract investor attention and funds, Emerging Growth Capital Investors (eG Capital) has cautioned that mistakes in the sector are inevitable and choosing the right investment manager is crucial. ...

AVCAL awards for top private equity plays

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Australia's best private equity and venture capital players were recognised last night at the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association's (AVCAL) awards presentations, with the list of winners including Pacific Equity Partners, Investec ...