Addressing the SME Funding Gap Private & Alternative Markets Fintech and artificial intelligence can be employed to address the funding gap left by banks in providing capital to SMEs. We speak with Fasanara about how this can be done at a scale that is attractive to institutional investors Read More
Bouwinvest to Overweight Living and Logistics Sectors Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Dutch investor Bouwinvest has operated from Australia since the late 2010s. Florence Chong speaks with Sydney-based Robert Koot about the broader APAC strategy Read More
Going from Brown to Green with CEFC ESG, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has been investing in commercial buildings since 2016 and the strategy has now matured into a fully-fledged repositioning of buildings Read More
GIC Finds Select Opportunities in Retail Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Not all segments of retail property have performed poorly: convenient retail or non-discretionary retail has gone from strength to strength and GIC has been investing in these assets Read More
Private Capital for the Long Term Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets PGIM’s Michael Jones came to Australia in 2016 to build a corporate private debt business in Australasia Read More
UniSuper Increases Focus on PE Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance UniSuper has increased its focus on private equity, as the fund has made more direct investments. Florence Chong speaks with Sandra Lee about UniSuper’s approach to this sector Read More
Energy Transition Key Play for Super Funds Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Private & Alternative Markets Industry super funds have banded together to develop a blueprint for policy that will facilitate the energy transition and attract investments from funds Read More
Hydrogen, Scope Four and the Energy Transition ESG, Private & Alternative Markets The energy transition is not all about established forms of renewable energy generation. Hydrogen might not be competitive yet, but it will play a key role in a low carbon economy, Mirova says. Read More
Australia Can Be Critical Minerals Superpower Emerging Markets, Infrastructure, Private & Alternative Markets With the energy transition under way, Australia could become a critical minerals superpower if it stopped simply shipping raw materials out of the country and instead focused on value-added products manufactured with the use of renewable power, according to Tim Buckley Read More