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Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management acquired stakes in the company in May 2016 valuing it at US $2.6 billion. But they are now looking ...

Private equity fund raising $300m

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... Sydney-based fund is raising $300 million from instos, family offices and retail investors to further its investments in private equity, renewable energy and real estate. Federation Asset Management chair Greg Bundy, who was previously Merrill Lynch ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... LSE said. The proposed deal comes less than a year after Blackstone bought a majority stake in Refinitiv, with a private equity consortium, from Thomson Reuters in a US$20 billion deal. Refinitiv had US$12.2 billion in debt as of the end of December ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... Zurich-based BlueOrchard offers investors premium impact investment solutions across asset classes, including credit, private equity and sustainable infrastructure, specializing in innovative blended finance mandates. The deal is a sign of the asset ...

QSuper names investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... deputy investment officer. Woodhouse is directly responsible for the fund's infrastructure, real estate and private equity investment, as well as mandates with external investment managers, for a combined total of $55 billion. He joined QSuper from ...

SG Hiscock hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... Wales. Potter was a business development manager across listed equities, unlisted infrastructure, agriculture and private equity trusts. Prior to joining Macquarie, Potter held business development positions at Platypus Asset Management. Meanwhile, Aristi ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... to increased fixed income allocations and more diversification in allocations to infrastructure, real estate and private equity markets," Invesco said in the report. An earlier report from International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) said that ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in super, investment management, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Hazell joined Crescent Wealth from Sydney venture capital firm Nightingale Partners, where he spent a year as the firm's investment ...

JANA hires operations lead, boosts workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... consultant of retail partnerships. The following senior consultants have joined JANA: Tania Freeman moved to the private equity research team; Jennifer Cowan joined the property research team; and Laura Purbrick consults to a range of superannuation ...

Spire Capital hires director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... product development and fundraising. His career began at NAB, working across MLC Investments, nabInvest and MLC Private Equity. Founder and director Matthew Cook said Haigh brings a strong global network, expertise in private markets and a proven track-record ...