private equity

Financial planning

Private equity goes public to boost appeal

Private equity managers are casting a wider net to attract advisers and retail investors. John Wilkinson looks at a new fund from ING....

Financial planning

Managers launch IPO offers

MacarthurCook Funds Management and WH Souls Pattinson and Company will commence accepting offers from investors this week and next ahead of scheduled public listings of f...

Funds management

ING PEALs off private equity fund

Retail investors have been promised both liquidity and access to a range of private equity schemes when ING Investment Management launches a new listed private equity fun...

Financial planning

Astarra reaches for the stars with new funds

Astarra Funds Management has rolled out its first suite of investment offerings following the group’s unveiling earlier this year after management acquired and re-branded...

People & Products

Hastings appoints new MD as founder departs

Infrastructure and alternative investment manager Hastings Funds Management has announced its director private equity Tim Poole will head the group next year following a ...

Funds management

Advisers upbeat on equities: survey

Almost two-thirds of financial advisers polled in a recent survey remain confident equity markets will continue to rise this year....

Financial planning

Macquarie calls for increase in alternative asset exposure

Investors should increase their exposure to alternative assets from 5 to 20 per cent through a greater spread of investments and in turn boost portfolio diversification, ...

Editorial

Inside the alternative investment universe

Investors rattled by the underperformance of some traditional asset classes over the past few years may be warming to the inclusion of alternatives in their portfolios. C...

Funds management

Macquarie rolls out retail private equity fund

Macquarie Investment Management has launched a private equity fund-of-funds targeting the retail investor who wishes to invest in the wholesale private equity market....

Funds management

Macquarie wraps up private equity for retail clients

MACQUARIE Financial Services is rolling out a fund of private equity funds for the retail market in what it says is a watershed for investors wanting to access alternativ...

Financial planning

Private equity to grow with master trusts

Retail investors are set to gain more exposure to private equity as master trusts increasingly embrace these investments, predicts Marcus Darville, head of Private Equity...

Financial planning

Alternatives can come in from the cold

The rise of the alternative investment sector has been going on for about the past 18 months and has been driven primarily by the threats of low return environments....

Financial planning

Lonsec recommends Macquarie unit trust

Lonsdale Securities has given a recommended rating to the latest retail offering from Macquarie Direct Investment (MDI), the Macquarie Private Equity Trust II (MPET II), ...

Funds management

Macquarie launches private equity fund

Macquarie will open its newest private equity fund to retail investors, aiming to attract up to $150 million from them, based on the success of a similar fund launched in...

Financial planning

Private equity still under the radar

al">An asset class can be out of favour for a whole host of reasons....