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Hear from industry experts on why Private Assets play a part in portfolios, and what you could expect ahead.

Private Assets

Another way to dodge the drama of equities and bond markets

Financial markets have been heavily distorted in the last couple of years. Early in 2020, we saw the shortest recession in recorded history, which closely followed...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Cameron Blanks - Engineering a path from MIT to private equity

Cameron joins David to discuss his career to date, including his studies in engineering at MIT, as well as the origins of Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), and the...
David Clark
Koda Capital
Expert Insights

The inflation hedge hiding in plain sight

There’s been a lot of noise and gloom around residential property prices of late. The RBA even revised its outlook on prices substantially down. In light of this, it...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

The fund opening the door to previously inaccessible opportunities

When considering an investment, most investors think about buying a piece of something that is expected to grow in value – shares in a business, property, or...
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Minting FOMO

"FOMO" has gone full circle. The abbreviation (Fear Of Missing Out) was first coined by a venture capitalist in a 2004 Harvard magazine piece. Now in 2022 with the...
Martin Pretty
Equitable Investors
Private Assets

The worst year for IPOs in two decades, but a great opportunity for investors

Investing in early-stage listed companies – or better yet, those eyeing an ASX listing – only to see earnings (and share prices) skyrocket inside a few short years is...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Is it a good time for investors to invest in private markets?

In short, yes, we believe it is a good time to invest in private markets. Sure, we are surrounded by economic and political uncertainty but is there ever a point in...
Sam Phillips
Reach Alternative Investments
Private Assets

The fastest growing sections of the alternatives market

Saying it has been an exceptional few years for alternatives sounds like a no-brainer. After all, most asset classes have boomed in recent years only to be hit hard...
MQG
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Alisa Wood of KKR - Why private assets?

Alisa Wood of KKR joins David to discuss the attractiveness of private assets in the current environment.Founded in 1975, KKR & Co. Inc. is a global investment company...
David Clark
Koda Capital
Private Assets

The case for real estate credit in your portfolio

A decade of accommodative fiscal and monetary policy, of generous returns for equity and real estate investors and clear forward and supportive guidance by central...
Drew Bowie
MA Financial Group
Expert Insights

Private Equity can be dangerously seductive: Here's how to invest in it responsibly

Investing in private equity can bag you very handsome returns - provided you know what you're getting into and can marshal the appropriate expertise to do it...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Income Series

Finding defensive investment income without increasing risk

The RBA’s latest interest rate rise - which takes the cash rate to 2.35%, the highest level since 2014 – further highlights the challenges facing the property...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

The counter-cyclical asset that pays in a downturn

How do high inflation and rising interest rates impact markets? For many, the answer would be some combination of greater risk and lower returns from traditional asset...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Stress in Europe presents private markets opportunities

The latest in Europe’s long list of issues Eurozone inflation is continuing to soar to record highs, with Eurostat (the EU’s statistics body) recently announcing...
Sam Phillips
Reach Alternative Investments
Expert Insights

How to avoid the "Valley of Death"

There has always been an allure to an IPO. Fortunes can be created and lost in hours, as the market sizes up a new participant and the preceding wave of hype. Why...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

Communication towers: Why are they so exciting?

Mobile phone towers might not strike investors as too exciting until they look at the fundamentals and growth outlook for this vibrant sector.  In this piece,...
Natasha Thomas, CA
Ausbil
Private Assets

Should Mr Market get a seat at the private table?

“In the short-run, the market is a voting machine – reflecting a voter-registration test that requires only money, not intelligence or emotional stability – but in...
Sam Phillips
Reach Alternative Investments
Private Assets

Too good to be true? Why private equity can outperform during uncertain times

Over the last two decades there has been a meteoric rise of private equity. In Australia alone, there is some $77bn in private markets, with private equity and...
Sam Phillips
Reach Alternative Investments
Private Assets
Sponsored

Searching for income as interest rates rise

Investors focused on market volatility could be overlooking one of the great opportunities hidden in plain sight in credit markets, according to Brett Craig, Portfolio...
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Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

A load of manure to help solve climate woes

Investors are becoming increasingly aware of the major themes – or gigatrends – dominating our times and even private market investors are in. Urs Wietlisbach,...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Private Assets

A $90 billion opportunity to boost portfolio returns, slash volatility and diversify

Some of the nation’s largest super funds are among the many institutional investors ramping up their exposure to Alternatives. Around one-third of AustralianSuper’s...
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
Private Assets
Sponsored

Private Debt’s silver lining despite a cloudy economic outlook

Raising around US$192 billion in funds in 2021 alone, global private debt is the only segment of private markets to deliver consistent annual growth for 10 consecutive...
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Livewire Markets
Private Assets
Sponsored

How to beat inflation with private debt

After more than a decade of record-low interest rates globally, the current environment of rising inflation and interest rates is coming as a shock for many investors,...
Sara Allen
Livewire Markets
Fund in Focus

The alternative investment that has outpaced the ASX bull market

The equity markets have been nothing short of a frenzy this year. Investors are starting the new financial year with recession at the front and back of their minds....
Brett Craig
Aura Group
Private Assets
Sponsored

An ideal hedge as rates rise and credit risk ratchets up

The rise of Australia’s official interest rate plays directly to the strengths of the Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund (ASX: QRI). QRI is a portfolio of investments...
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Livewire Markets
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