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UniSuper revamps investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... rival super fund and will maintain a formal association with UniSuper by sitting on the advisory board of its venture capital partnership, Uniseed. The investment chief says the superannuation fund has enough bench strength to manage Hudson's succession ...

A playbook for private markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... services and listed markets," Kerley said. However, there are some risks involved when investing in private equity venture capital, including capital loss, illiquidity, and principal accuracy. "About 20-25% of direct private equity deals will lose some ...

New Horizon Investment Management adds Melbourne office

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
Hong-Kong based venture capital and private equity institution New Horizon Investment Management (NHIM) has announced plans to expand its footprint in Australia with the opening of a new office in Melbourne. New Horizon is a global venture capital and ...

Integrated Portfolio Solutions offers Private Markets solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... classes to provide investment advisers and private client businesses with access to reporting on private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and infrastructure. "This Private Markets access is then integrated into our portfolio administration and reporting ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... in uncommitted capital held by Australian-focused private capital fund managers last year. Private equity and venture capital, which accounts for half of private capital assets under management, saw high deal volumes in 2021. The aggregate value of private ...

Practifi expands its Australian footprint

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... market following great success in the US. Since completing its $24 million 'Series B' investment led by US based venture capital firm Updata Partners in 2020, Practifi has invested heavily in building out a platform that can help change the industry ...

Legalsuper invests in innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... second mandate was awarded to Artesian, with the super fund investing $20 million in the Artesian Female Leaders Venture Capital Fund, which aims to bridge the massive funding gap between male and female-led startups. At present, it's estimated that ...

Fifth Wall wins CBRE sustainability mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
CBRE has announced an investment in venture capital firm Fifth Wall's Climate Technology Fund to enable the next generation of sustainability in commercial real estate. The fund invests in technologies that will contribute to the decarbonisation of ...

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 ...