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Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... product are now: 29% in domestic equities, 28.5% in international equities including emerging markets, 6.5% in private equity, 8.5% in listed and unlisted property, 6.5% in diversified credit, 4% in infrastructure, 9.5% in secured debt and 7.5% in cash. ...

Fund manager strengthens alternatives capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... the team to pursue international growth. This follows Natixis' launch last year of Flexstone Partners, a global private equity manager, and the acquisition of MV Credit, a private debt specialist, as well as the launch of a co-investment offering for ...

Super funds partner for $250m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... the fund will add jobs to the Victorian economy. At First State Super, the investment in the fund will sit in its private equity allocations which are a part of the total private markets portfolio of roughly $18 billion. The super fund will also classify ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... diversification provided by alternative assets - particularly our unlisted assets: property, infrastructure and private equity - remain very attractive in this environment," Parker said. A panel discussion hosted by Sunsuper's head of advice and retirement ...

Investment firm plans delisting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
An investment firm focused on private equity style transactions has decided to delist from the ASX. Oceania Capital Partners (ASX: OCP) said it wants to delist through an off-market equal access share buyback, subject to shareholder approval at the ...

Industry fund dips toes in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
An $8.6 billion industry superannuation fund is gearing up its first private equity play in almost half a decade, as it readies for an environment of lower returns. Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund chief investment officer Michael ...

BMO Global Asset Management creates new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... responsible for overseeing the firm's newly formed global alternatives offering which incorporates its existing private equity, real estate and real estate securities businesses. Bennett, who is based in London, will develop and execute global growth ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... growing asset class categories over the year came mostly from alternatives: ESG and ethical investments (up 37%), private equity (up 24%), other alternatives (up 17%), hedge funds (up 19%) and direct property (up 11%).

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... as a strategic advisor to a family office. Prior to this he was BNY Mellon's global head of distribution and private equity firm Arcapita's global head of institutional fund distribution. Prior to this, he held senior executive positions at PIMCO ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... financial market roles in Australia and New Zealand. Last month, Future Fund hired MLC's Alicia Gregory as head of private equity.