private equity

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 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....

Financial planning

Venture capital: will Australia follow US?

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

Trio of launches shows that private equity is heating up

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

Equities – Let the big adventure begin...

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...

Financial planning

Take into consideration the liquidity advantages

Investors and their advisers tend to pay scant attention to liquid-ity, what it costs and whether they need it. Just like more widely recognised factors such as market ri...