private equity

Financial planning

Alternatives join the mainstream

Results in greater returns and less volatility....

Financial planning

Illiquid investors risk bad hair day

Russell study offers framework for alternative asset investment....

Financial planning

Thinking outside the square

Boutique fund manager Blue Sky Private Equity has added to its unusual collection of assets....

Funds management

Private equity still strong

Private equity still provides investors with ample opportunities, according to ING PEAL managing director Jon Schahinger....

Editorial

Don’t Understand? Don’t Invest!

The fall in the price of some Collateralised Debt Obligations has triggered collapses in Bear Sterns and Basis Capital hedge funds. Robert Keavney looks at financially en...

Funds management

Macquarie to take private equity fund into Asia

Launch talks well advanced in a number of countries...

Editorial

Balance the key to alternative assets

It is probably a reflection of the growing importance of alternative investments within the superannuation industry that two senior staffers from the Federal Treasury ear...

Editorial

Consistency the clue

Fortune has favoured private equity in recent years with low interest rates and a robust economic expansion. Returns for top private equity managers have soared while tho...

Policy & Regulation

Change in US tax laws to impact domestic markets

New tax laws are likely to change the private equity landscape....

Financial planning

Venture capital skills different

Investors need to be cautious about venture capital schemes....

Editorial

Alternative investments sell out

There is little doubt in the industry that there is a place for alternative investments next to their conservative cousins, however, as the popularity of the market grows...

Editorial

At the centre of market attention

Recent publicity surrounding high profile private equity bids for companies like Qantas, Myer, Coles and PBL has put private equity under the spotlight....

Financial planning

Hedge fund investors put planners in the backseat

Nearly half of first time retail hedge fund investors involve a financial planner in the transaction, according to a new Macquarie/Investment Trends Alternative Investmen...

Financial planning

ING opens doors for retail investors

ING Private Equity Access has renewed its relationship with Quadrant Private Equity after agreeing to commit $10 million to its new mid market buyout and development capi...

Funds management

No additional private equity regulation needed: IFSA

The Investment and Financial Services Association has made a submission to the Government expressing its view that no additional regulatory measures are needed in relatio...