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Alceon strengthen capital raising leadership

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
... investor-facing operations. The leadership changes come after the firm made its first investment through its newly launched Private Equity Access Fund, acquiring a majority stake in Australian Microsoft partner Engage Squared in September.

Australia, UK partner to procure well-regulated financial markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2026
... risks in the sector, as well as the constant supervision of investment fund managers, banks, and insurer exposed to private equity, private credit and funded reinsurance. Meanwhile, Australia also provided insights on proposed reforms to improve data ...

Public and private markets set for convergence: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
... appropriate exposure would depend on individual circumstances. He argued combining higher-return strategies such as private equity and opportunistic real estate with lower-correlation assets, including core infrastructure and real estate, could improve ...

Cbus creates new role for legal operations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
... and 2021, departing shortly after Commonwealth Bank announced that it was selling the majority stake in CFS to private equity investor KKR. Earlier in his career, he held legal positions at AMP, Miniter Ellison and Black Dawson. Commenting on his appointment ...

Inheritors struggle to act on financial advice: Survey

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
... among their top three priorities, compared with 57% globally. They were more likely to invest inherited wealth in private equity, private debt or other private market funds at 37% against 25% globally. Women were particularly likely to seek guidance ...

Canadian pension giant takes 20% stake in La Trobe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
... our strategy." Earlier in the year, Brookfield also sold a 30% stake in the non-bank lender to Abu Dhabi-based private equity firm Axight for $3 billion. Together with Brookfield, Axight and now OMERS, Andrews said La Trobe has an exceptional group of ...

Channel Capital wins distribution mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... available in Australia. Under the arrangement, Channel Capital will oversee the responsibilities for the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund and Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund. The Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund was made available ...

Swedish PE giant EQT takes Cleanaway private in $9.3bn deal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
Swedish private equity giant EQT AB Group will acquire ASX-listed Cleanaway Waste Management and take it private in a deal valuing the waste management giant at $9.3 billion. EQT will pay $3.095 in cash for each share, a premium of 32.1% to the closing ...

Number of Aussie investors hits record high

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... allocations to private assets could improve risk-adjusted performance in defined contribution retirement portfolios. Private equity and venture capital produced the highest risk-adjusted returns among the asset classes examined. CFA Society Australia ...

OKX Australia launches perps for pre-IPO opportunities

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... futures contract, providing continuity for traders. Importantly, investors do not acquire ownership of underlying private equity, voting rights, dividends, or IPO allocations at any time, as perps are derivative contracts and do not represent shares ...
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