PRIVATE EQUITY

Funds management

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

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

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

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 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

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

Funds management

ING Investment Management has made a pooled private equity fund available to sophisticated investors, a product until now reserved for institutional clients....

Funds management

Venture capital has become a hot topic in the last few years. Fuelled by the extraordinary run in NASDAQ listed technology stocks, many of the venture capital backers of ...

Funds management

Colonial First State Australia has expanded in to the domestic private equity sector with the roll out of a Diversified Private Equity Fund....

Financial planning

Rothschild will extend its program of alliances, following the success of its venture with US-based Putnam Investments....

Funds management

Despite the recent drift in private equity performance, the market is at an ideal stage for new investors, according to an executive from one of the world’s biggest priva...

Financial planning

Chase Manhattan’s BluePeak Alternative Investment team has found a new home at Challenger International....

Financial planning

Recent tax proposals have thrown the spotlight on venture capital investments. But Australia has a lot of catching up to do, say Stephen White and Sam Armstrong....

Funds management

The private equity market appear to be hotting up with the launch of the third retail offering in the sector in the last six months....

Financial planning

Venture capital has long been a staple of super funds in Australia and a standard investment sector for sophisticated US investors. Gareth Cosslett explores the possibili...

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