PRIVATE EQUITY

Funds management

The private equity market has a role to play in boosting initial public offerings (IPOs), which are nowhere near their 2007 highs despite an increase in number, according...

Financial planning

Canadian distressed equity asset manager, Brookfield Special Situations Group, has expressed its interest in raising funds from Australian investors on a recent visit to ...

Editorial

With the private equity 'barbarians' rattling Perpetual's gates, Mike Taylor writes that there will be plenty of interest in the future of the company's Private Wealth bu...

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick takes a look at alternative investments and what they mean for investors....

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Financial planning

Select Asset Management’s Alternatives Portfolio has been added to AXA’s North platform as well as Colonial First State’s FirstWrap....

Editorial

Alternative investments traditionally offer a buffer against market volatility. Chris Kennedy finds out how they have fared over the course of the last 12 months. ...

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds lost ground in January after finishing 2009 on a high, although funds across the board have still recorded strong growth for the financial year to da...

Financial planning

The Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) is lobbying key regulatory and administrative stakeholders over the management of now defunct fund manag...

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Financial planning

Andrew Bird to leave the research house in March....

Financial planning

The increase in the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) hitting the market is likely to continue in 2010, but these offers should be assessed against a careful chec...

Financial planning

Blue Sky Funds Management will include water investments in its new retail private equity fund to be launched in the New Year, hoping to attract financial planning networ...

People & Products

Former Investec acquisition finance head Tim Wilson has been named as the new managing director of Blue Sky Private Equity....

Financial planning

Four managers' ratings downgraded in sector review....

Financial planning

UniSuper chief executive to step into role until replacement appointed....

Financial planning

Private equity manager warns of consequences of balance sheet recession and the long haul out....

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