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Australia’s Future Fund boosts exposure to ChinaThe A$123bn Australian sovereign wealth fund says it is growing its private equity investments in Chinese businesses positioned to benefit from the country’s rising middle class, as the fund seeks to beef up returns in an otherwise low-yield environment.
- HgCapital appoints its third partner this year
The London-based private equity firm is beefing up its executive team, hiring Nick Luckock as partner just four months after promoting Amanda Good and Sebastien Briens.
- IFC to invest in Philippine SMEs
The investment arm of the World Bank will invest up to $15m in Manila-based private equity firm Sierra Madre.
- Apax goes for gold in Brazil
CIO Nico Hansen says he expects the firm to ‘add one or two Brazilian portfolio companies’ in the second half of the year.
- Singapore’s GIC sees lower returns in the next decade
The $100bn state fund is bracing for a difficult investment environment, and said its prospects for returns on assets are ‘not as good as previously seen in the 1980s to the 2000s’.
- CVC hires ex-Apax partner as healthcare head
Cathrin Petty joins CVC Capital Partners to head its European healthcare team after two years as JPMorgan’s EMEA healthcare lead.
- Apax scraps deal-by-deal carry for Fund IX – Exclusive
The buyout house is no longer offering LPs the choice to opt into a deal-by-deal style waterfall in a portion of its latest fund.
- Apax bets on generics with two European deals
The firm has acquired neuraxapharm in Germany and Invent Farma in Spain as it looks to consolidate the European generics market.
- Brexit, shmexit
Despite investors’ Brexit-concerns, European funds in market are finding US public pensions more welcoming than in prior fundraising cycles.
- KKR to acquire Epicor from Apax
In its second exit this week, Apax is offloading the software maker in a deal generating a 4.4x return.