Private Equity

The appointment of Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board chairman by buyout firm Carlyle had raised concerns about conflicts of interest.

The fund has brought on its second institutional investor after MainPERS confirmed an investment in the fund in September.

Grey Mountain has bought Kronos from fellow US-firm Prospect Partners.

UK property agency Strutt & Parker says that overall, prices are continuing the slow decline that began last year, but investor interest should bolster values from 2018.

Karen Dolenec is taking responsibility for the group after Damien Loveday, previously the head of diversifying strategies, left the firm in August.

US firm Paine & Partners has invested in the sector on the back of growing regulation and consolidation prospects.

Chinese buyers have snapped up more than $100bn in overseas assets this year and participants in sister publication PEI’s Asia roundtable say the appetite for foreign deals is set to grow.

The French firm is aiming to double its funds under management in real and alternative assets by 2020.

Credit Suisse Private Fund Group director Connor O’Keeffe and associate Henry Watson explore the trends surrounding Indian agribusiness, in this extract from our new book on investing in agriculture.

The Gunn Agri Cattle Fund has grown in gross asset value to A$96.9m after only two quarters of operation.