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PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Australasia's largest private equity firm with $11 billion AUM has launched an investment vehicle across the ditch. PEP's latest investment fund is not advertised as ESG, but has an underlying ESG strategy. Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) says ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate strong long-term returns ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... VC firm Bee Partners, with funding from the QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF). QIC private equity senior associate Matiela Baker said the program will provide a pathway into the early-stage technology investment industry ...

QIC invests in Australian biotech start-up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... market expansion, which QIC said will create more than 70 highly skilled local jobs over the next five years. QIC private equity investment director Patrick Christiansen said growing recognition of the limitations of traditional cell culture solutions ...

AustralianSuper unleashes raft of investment and fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... exposure to other asset classes. As a result, it increased exposure to Australian shares, international shares, private equity, infrastructure, and fixed interest. It also reduced its exposure to credit and cash holdings. AustralianSuper also updated ...

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... transition to a net zero and nature positive future, while also unearthing outstanding investment opportunities." QIC Private Equity Investment Director Lottie Tant said Pollination's climate expertise provides a specialist value-add to Queensland startups ...

Data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... possible", Prins said - especially in traditionally opaque investment classes like infrastructure, private debt, private equity, and commercial real estate. "As we approach mandatory reporting, asset owners and fund managers are recognising the urgency ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... with international standards. Investors increasingly measure their financed emissions, even in asset classes like private equity, which have traditionally posed a challenge. Nearly all (97%) have engaged in climate finance related policy advocacy, and ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... (45%). There was increased appetite for alternatives, as APAC family offices plan to increase their allocation in private equity (24% direct investments and 32% funds/funds of funds), private debt (28%) and hedge funds (31%) in the next five years, indicating ...

BlackRock-Temasek closes at US$1.4 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... economy. BlackRock and Temasek reached a final close of US$1.4 billion for their late-stage venture capital and growth private equity investment fund. The Decarbonization Partners Fund I, a Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 9 fund ...