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Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... in uncommitted capital held by Australian-focused private capital fund managers last year. Private equity and venture capital, which accounts for half of private capital assets under management, saw high deal volumes in 2021. The aggregate value of private ...

Practifi expands its Australian footprint

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... market following great success in the US. Since completing its $24 million 'Series B' investment led by US based venture capital firm Updata Partners in 2020, Practifi has invested heavily in building out a platform that can help change the industry ...

Legalsuper invests in innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... second mandate was awarded to Artesian, with the super fund investing $20 million in the Artesian Female Leaders Venture Capital Fund, which aims to bridge the massive funding gap between male and female-led startups. At present, it's estimated that ...

Fifth Wall wins CBRE sustainability mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
CBRE has announced an investment in venture capital firm Fifth Wall's Climate Technology Fund to enable the next generation of sustainability in commercial real estate. The fund invests in technologies that will contribute to the decarbonisation of ...

UniSuper makes venture capital play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
UniSuper, the $106 billion industry fund, has made an investment with a venture capital fund manager. The fund has invested $75 million with early-stage commercialisation fund manager, Uniseed. The investment will feed into UniSuper's sustainable investment ...

HESTA pushes forward with internalisation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... insurance-linked securities for example, we will never be at scale in that asset class. We also have investments in some venture capital in the US, that is a very specialised capability and very complicated - I suspect we will not internalise those capabilities ...

Hostplus commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... opportunities in new technologies with strong growth potential. As a significant investor in new technologies via our venture capital and infrastructure portfolios, we're already contributing to the development of the technologies that will enable ...

Perennial awards new fund admin mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... Perennial team to focus on executing their investment strategy, delivering the attractive the returns of early-stage venture capital but with a faster route to liquidity and lower overall portfolio risk." Perennial Partners portfolio manager Ryan Sohn ...

Perennial expands private markets offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... will have access to high growth private businesses in Australia. The fund targets high returns of early-stage venture capital "but with a faster route to liquidity and lower overall portfolio risk" achieved through layered portfolio management, deal ...

Former Hostplus investors tapped for VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... manager. The move followed several years working together at Hostplus; Stanford served as head of private equity and venture capital for more than seven years while Pappin was an investment specialist with the fund for three years. Now, just two months ...