private equity

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....

Funds management

ING releases private equity fund

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

Funds management

Investors venture into private equity

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 expands into private equity market

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 continues building alliances

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

Funds management

Investors safe to enter private equity

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

Challenger acquires alternative investment team

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