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CBA sells 55% of CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... billion global investment firm. Announced to the ASX this morning, CBA has entered an agreement to sell 55% of CFS to private equity firm KKR. CBA said the transaction implies a total valuation for CFS on a 100% basis of $3.3 billion, for which CBA will ...

Investment manager launches income fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... bank loans, private direct lending and asset-backed finance, as well as other alternative asset classes such as private equity, real estate and infrastructure. "AAM will provide Australian investors access to these investment solutions to meet their ...

Cbus ready to deploy cash

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... its subsidiary Cbus Property. Fok said this will probably increase to 40% over time. "We are thinking about our private equity strategy, it's a bit harder to execute but we are thinking about bringing a resource in house but its subject to be considered ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... IdealRatings) but will over time expand to other asset classes. "In future, we will look at alternative assets like private equity and real estate. They are a bit different [from listed securities in] transparency of the data and the details behind it," ...

Private asset consultant makes global hire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... was thrilled to build the firm's capabilities globally. "Flexstone Partners has a great reputation in the mid-cap private equity market and is well-positioned to capitalise on the continued growth of the industry," he said. "I am very excited to be joining ...

Morningstar acquires global ESG ratings house

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Morningstar's existing research and solutions. The data and insights will be available to individual investors, advisers, private equity firms, investment managers, plan sponsors, and credit issuers, it said. Sustainalytics chief executive Michael ...

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... 7.5%-10% depending on the individual investment and the age of its most recent independent valuation. The funds private equity and venture capital investments have also been devalued, for similar considerations, by 15% on average. In a letter the fund ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... this could be ending," he said. "Those companies have tended to buy back stock, they tend to be the companies that private equity own and their cash flows are already under pressure and now the recession that we're looking at is going to put them ...

BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
Melbourne private equity firm BGH Capital and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have shelved the proposed acquisition of an Australia New Zealand dental practice chain as COVID-19 shutdowns impact the latter's operations. Abano Healthcare Group ...

Chant West sale hits roadblock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... On February 18, Chant West Holdings and Zenith (through its 100% owned subsidiary CW Bidco Pty Limited in which private equity firm Five V Capital has a controlling stake) entered a business sale agreement for a price of $12 million. This morning, Chant ...