private equity

With the value of US equity markets more than doubling over the past decade, it is surprising to see that the number of companies on US exchanges is rapidly...

Unlisted companies valued at less than US$100 million are among the most attractive global investment opportunities over the next year or two, says Schroders...

In the first two instalments of this series, we’ve taken a birds-eye view of local M&A activity and seen why it’s likely to be red-hot for some time. In this third and...

Traditionally, a company would appear to have “made it” when the founders were able to ring the bell when listing in the public market via an initial public offering...

Overheated equity markets and persistently low interest rates highlight the appeal of listed private equity, an alternative asset class whose time has come, says...

Investors love to talk about their winners. The stock they invested in when almost nobody had heard the name and became a ten-bagger overnight. A great Australian...

In 2016, Afterpay was introduced to the ASX with an IPO price of $1.00. The share price has since risen over 11,000%. If you invested in Afterpay during its IPO and...

If you don't think public equities are getting a bit crowded, consider this. The past year saw a whopping nine million Australian adults invest outside their home and...

With Private Equity investing becoming democratised via novel structures like Listed Investment Trusts. It is important that investors are able to educate themselves...

Private equity appeals to perhaps more investors than ever, given historically low interest rates, flattening of fixed income yields and COVID’s crushing of stock...

COVID’s cruelling of global markets combined with historically low interest rates and flat bond yields has elevated the appeal of private equity. Free from the...

In a recent webinar hosted by Grosvenor Capital Management for the Right Issue Offer in the Pengana Private Equity Trust, the team provided insight into why (and how)...

Alternative investments continue to be prominent in the portfolios of some of the world’s most sophisticated investors, including sovereign wealth funds, endowments...

Russel Pillemer's Pengana Capital has announced a 1-for-3 rights issue, or capital raising, for its existing private equity listed investment trust (LIT), called the...

Cameron Brownjohn, CEO of private equity firm Federation Asset Management, describes their three step selection criteria for investments as ‘fierce’. In their first...

Private equity is an asset class that can deliver attractive returns without the volatility found in the listed equity market. Research from one of Australia’s leading...

Unlisted assets have risen in popularity in recent times (as discussed in the first part of this series), in part due to their less volatile nature and the returns on...

Federation is a private equity fund that invests in growing businesses that meet a social and economic need in areas like renewables, childcare and health. The core of...

If you’ve never heard of billionaire investor, Stephen A Schwarzman, you’re not alone. Despite being one of the founders of Blackstone Group, worth over $20 billion,...

The real money with growth-stage companies is often made by investing when they are still private. As an extreme example, some investors turned a $5,000 investment...