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Super fund appoints deputy investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND). In the past he has worked as a senior portfolio manager at QIC and the head of private equity at Victoria Funds Management. He is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed ClearView Wealth. In 2018, the ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... up 46% in the period too, partly due to more managers reporting their ESG credentials. REITs were up 27.4% and private equity up 24%.

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... after five years with the firm. Prior to the promotion, Murphy served as the managing director of the Asian Pacific private equity team, working out of both the Sydney and Hong Kong offices. Murphy played a key role in opening Bain Capital Private Equity's ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... passive (ETF) solutions available, and these will continue to grow. However, in asset classes such as hedge funds and private equity, the choice is still limited." Although investors can adapt their portfolios to exclude non-ESG compliant investments ...

Zenith acquired by private equity firm

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
Research house Zenith Investment Partners has accepted an offer from private equity firm Five V Capital to acquire the business. Five V Capital, set up by Adrian MacKenzie in 2013, is best known for being an early backer of Aussie tech darling Canva ...

Super sector to dominate by 2034

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... already innovative in moving into ownership of other (related party) financial services businesses, usually via private equity or venture capital," Rice Warner said. "As these risks are borne by members, little capital is required at present. However ...

Industry fund swaps small caps managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... shares, $1.2 billion in bonds, $800 million in property and about $2.5 billion in alternative investments, including private equity, infrastructure and absolute return strategies. Currently only cash is managed internally.

New role for former State Super investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... development and implementation of best-in-class asset management across Sunsuper's real estate, infrastructure, private equity and alternative strategies portfolios." He reports to Sunsuper's head of private markets Michael Weaver. Hedley was ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... alternatives are disaggregating from being known as 'hedge funds,' and its definition is broadening to include private equity and infrastructure assets, he explains. Credit Suisse executive director of investment consulting Stephen Cabot agrees ...

Retail funds shrink unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... assets allocated to them than five years ago. The lion's share of the unlisted assets (such as infrastructure, private equity and private debt) is held by not-for-profit superannuation funds, according to Rainmaker analysis of APRA data. Retail funds ...