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Alternative investment manager partners with VC firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... alternative assets whose returns are not correlated to equities and bond markets. This includes venture capital, private equity, real estate, hedge funds and debt funds. Its current holdings include SuperEd and Brisbane-based food ordering application ...

Funds SA appoints chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... SA said in a statement. Smith is currently a director of LUCRF Super and was formerly IFM Investors' head of private equity. She has held board positions on IFM Investors' risk committee as a chair and investment committee as a deputy chair. ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... to invest in companies that they expect to grow, seeking strong returns, often with a longer time horizon than private equity funds." Survey participants reported a 13.9% average portfolio return for 2017, which 93% said was a satisfactory result. For ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... Johnstone-Kaiser, who joined Frontier in January this year. She has carved out a global career in investment banking and private equity, specialising in infrastructure over the past 16 years. She was an investment director of MENA Infrastructure Fund ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... said they expected to increase exposure to alternative credit while 42% said they'd go deeper into real estate and private equity. "Globally, most sovereigns will continue to allocate to private markets, focusing on opportunities in new regions instead ...

Commercial property manager hires sales executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... Management. He spent the last three years at UBS Asset Management marketing its global real estate, infrastructure and private equity strategies to institutional investors in Asia Pacific. MaxCap managing director Wayne Lasky said van Beek will play ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
A $9.8 billion global private equity firm with investments in Sydney and Perth mining companies has attracted interest from several institutional investors for its first mining fund. Denham Capital has just closed its Denham Mining Fund at $558 million. ...

Sydney asset manager hires director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... Partners Asia Fund; Evans & Partners Global Flagship Fund; Evans & Partners Global Disruption Fund; and Cordish Dixon Private Equity Funds I and III. Walsh and Company was co-founded in 2007 by Max Walsh. It runs funds in fixed income, equities, private ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... liquid or spreads were a little bit wider," Lee says. Alongside renewed fund manager interest are several recent private equity investments. In the last nine months, three non-bank lenders (also large RMBS issuers) were acquired by major private equity ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Mercantile OFM is moving towards the acquisition of all shares in a private equity-focused listed investment company (LIC). In an announcement to the ASX, IPE directors unanimously recommended shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior ...