In 2024 institutional investors are increasingly looking to private equity allocations to enhance returns.
With strong competition and relatively high prices in home markets, many institutional private equity investors are scouring the globe for investment opportunities that can offer the potential for outsized risk-adjusted returns.
But not all regions are created equal.
This article explores how private equity investors can access the plentiful and potentially more profitable Australian mid-market sector.
Meet the author
Adrian Kerley
Adrian is responsible for sourcing, structuring and negotiating new private equity investments, managing existing investments as well as fundraising. Adrian has extensive finance and private equity experience, joining IFM Investors from Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), the pension fund for Australian government employees and members of the Australian Defence Force, where he was Head of Private Capital.
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