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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 ...

Crestone awards back-office, trade execution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... and the team and I are excited to work closely with them". FinClear is backed by Magellan Financial Group and venture capital firm King River Capital. Last financial year, Magellan made three major investments in investment bank Barrenjoey, food chain ...

Alternatives platform hires from GAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... level," the spokesperson said. Hong Kong-based Altive facilitates investments at a minimum of US$100,000 across venture capital, private equity, infrastructure, hedge funds and cryptocurrency for institutional groups.

Pinnacle acquires private equity firm stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... placement. It will seed $65m plus an additional $10m contingent on a successful second fund raising for Five V's Venture Capital strategy. The remaining $30 million will sit in the balance sheet to replenish the gap made when Pinnacle acquired a ...

NZ Super Fund names head of portfolio investments

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... Fund committed US$100 million (AUD$140m) to the Fifth Wall Climate Technology Fund from real estate technology venture capital firm Fifth Wall. NZ Super Fund said this particular fund represents the largest pool of capital focused on decarbonising real ...