Sydney, March 1, 2022 – Private Debt Investor (PDI) honoured Axius Partners with a Top 3 placing in its Annual Awards 2021 – Placement and Advisory Firm of the Year – Asia Pacific. The only Australian firm to do so. Axius Partners would like to thank its team, partners and clients on this outstanding achievement.
Axius Partners is an vertically integrated Advisory and Placement firm focussed on the Australian institutional & wholesale investor markets.
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During September, the Selector High Conviction equity Fund delivered a gross negative 1.04% return against a 1.58% loss in the all Ordinaries Accumulation Index, representing an outperformance of 0.54%.
Tikehau Investment Management (“Tikehau IM”) has entered the Australian market via an exclusive partnership with Axius Partners (“Axius”) a local Placement Agent and Advisory Firm, towards wholesale clients pursuant to Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Tikehau IM is an Alternative Investment Fund Management company, focusing on four key asset classes. These include Private Debt, Real Assets, Private Equity and Capital Markets Strategies.
Tikehau IM’s investment policy is characterised by a systematic integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria as well as economic, financial and operational factors that form part of the fundamental analysis conducted by our teams. This is born from Tikehau IM’s long-standing conviction that sustainable companies and projects are the ones that should be financed so they should continue to grow.
Diversity is a key focus for Tikehau IM, they attach particular importance to the diversity of their teams, which include 25 nationalities in 11 offices across three continents, in order to identify the best investment opportunities and be as attentive as possible to the expectations of our investor clients. Accordingly, Tikehau IM place great importance on the diversity and gender parity of their teams and are proud to have a global workforce comprising nearly 40% women. Tikehau IM believes that the diversity and complementarity of profiles, through the precedent it sets, generates added value their investor clients.
Axius is delighted to be working with Tikehau IM given its successful approach to investing, track record and strong focus on people and company culture.
Axius was established in 2011 to provide tailored Fund Placement, Funds Management and Capital Advisory solutions. Axius Partners works with top tier Fund Managers from across the globe and represents them in the Institutional, Family Office, Private Bank and Wealth Manager investor segments. The team at Axius has a proven track record of investment success across an array of asset classes including Australian Equities, Global Equities, Private Equity, Fixed Income, Real Estate and Alternative investments.
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The Information is only for investors qualifying as wholesale clients under sections 761G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or to any other person who is not required to be given a regulated disclosure document under the Corporations Act.
The Information is not investment advice. It is general information only and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any prospective investor. The Information is not a recommendation to invest. Before you decide to invest in a fund managed by Tikehau (a “Fund”), it is important that you first read and consider the Fund Information Memorandum.
Neither Tikehau, nor any of its directors, associates or related entities, guarantee the performance of a Fund or the repayment of capital or any particular rate of return.
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Press Release: Global Investment Firm Launches in Australia
Polen Capital (“Polen”) has entered the Australian market via an exclusive partnership with Axius Partners (“Axius”) a local Placement Agent and Advisory Firm.
Polen with offices in Boca Raton, Boston and London will initially be offering its high conviction Global Growth and Global Emerging Markets Growth Strategies to local institutional and wholesale investors. For more than three decades, Polen Capital has been dedicated to serving institutional and individual investors by providing concentrated growth portfolios of the highest-quality companies. The firm currently manages assets (FUM) of US$51B, with US$3.8B in Global Growth Equities as of 30 September 2020.
Polen’s Global Growth Strategy seeks to achieve long-term growth by building a concentrated portfolio of high quality global companies with intrinsic competitive advantages and the potential for sustained growth outperformance.
Polen’s Global Growth Strategy has achieved 16.49% gross returns since inception (01/01/2015) compared to the MSCI ASCWI Benchmark of 7.52% representing relative annualised outperformance of 8.97%.
Cumulative returns since inception are 140.49% for the Portfolio gross of fees vs. 51.81% for the Index. These strong returns coupled with unique investment methodology sets apart Polen from other managers in this space.
Axius is delighted to be working with Polen given its successful approach to investing, high quality returns and strong focus on people and culture.
Axius was established in 2011 to provide tailored Fund Placement, Funds Management and Capital Advisory solutions. Axius Partners works with top tier Fund Managers from across the globe and represents them in the Institutional, Family Office, Private Bank and Wealth Manager investor segments. The team at Axius has a proven track record of investment success across an array of asset classes including Australian Equities, Global Equities, Private Equity, Fixed Income, Real Estate and Alternative investments.
For further information please contact Axius Partners:
Axius would like to announce the addition of a new Fund Manager partner. Clarion Capital LLC is a New York based asset manager focused on structured credit and private equity. Clarion’s structured credit business is focused on CLO Equity and Mezzanine tranches sourced in primary and secondary markets while its private equity business makes primarily control investments in a diversified portfolio of lower middle market companies.
Please contact Axius Partners at info@axiuspartners.com for further information on Clarion Capital.
George is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Axius Partners Pty Limited. He has over 30 year’s experience in Banking & Finance, and Investment Management in both Australia and the Asian region. George has established relationships with Ultra High Net Worth/Family Offices, Listed Australian Corporations and Institutional Investors in both Australia and Asia.
He has extensive experience in Global Debt and Capital markets, Real Estate Financing and Capital solutions. George has excellent relationships with many UHNW families and has established relationships with Institutional Investors, Wealth Managers and Private Banks.
Prior to establishing Axius Partners George was Global Head of Real Estate at ANZ (Australian domiciled regional bank). He was employed at ANZ for 23 years and previous senior roles included, Head of Institutional Property, Executive Director – Property and Construction Finance and Director – Telco, Media and Entertainment.
In addition to his role at Axius Partners, George is also a current Board and Investment Committee Member of an Australian equities boutique Funds Manager – Selector Funds Management.
George holds a Master of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of NSW, a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Industrial Relations) from Wollongong University. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
John is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Axius Partners Pty Limited. He has over 30 year’s experience in the Australian Funds Management Industry.
John has extensive experience and relationships within the Australian Institutional Funds Industry and the Asset Consultant community. He has contacts across a broad spectrum of Pension Funds, Multi-Managers, Government legislated entities and Insurance companies.
His experience has exposed him to a broad range of asset classes that enables a valuable understanding of many investment strategies and their application in Australian institutional investment portfolios.
Prior to establishing Axius John worked for a number of Global Investment Management firms in Senior Management roles. This includes Head of Institutional Distribution and Sales roles at Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia, Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, and Schroders Investment Management Australia.
In addition to his role at Axius Partners, John is also a current Shareholder and Board Member of Australian equities boutique Funds Manager – Selector Funds Management. As at January 2021 Selector managed A$2.8b in institutional portfolios.
John holds a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong.
Adam is an Executive Director at Axius Partners and has over 25 years of banking and project finance experience in real estate and construction.
Prior to joining Axius Adam was Director NSW for the ANZ Institutional Property Group, leading a team that originated and executed a number of significant real estate financing transactions across a broad group of clients ranging from listed REIT’s to high net worth local and off-shore property investors and developers.
More recently focusing on real estate development, Adam personally led a number of complex multi-bank transactions and has strong experience in transacting through both senior and subordinated debt structures.
Adam graduated from the University of Technology Sydney with a Master of Business (Finance and Banking) and also the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics).
Michael is an Executive Director at Axius Partners and also the Head of Asian Business.
He has over 15 years experience working within finance, advisory and real estate sectors with ANZ, BOS International, ICBC and also JLL.
Michael is highly skilled in strategic consultancy, investment advisory and sophisticated deal structuring (debt and equity) and has facilitated most of the major Sino-Australian cross-boarder investments over the past eight years.
Michael holds a Masters of International Finance, as well as a Bachelors of Finance.
Experience in research and portfolio management across a variety of assets including public equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure and private equity.
Eti is a Director at Axius Partners and has over 7 years experience in the funds management industry. His asset class expertise spans across equities, debt property and unlisted assets.
At Axius Eti’s key activities include capital raising, business development and institutional sales, research and analysis, financial modelling, and also conducting due diligence on potential Investors and Fund Managers. Eti has strong institutional, family office and wealth manager contacts within the NSW and South Australian investor space.
He holds a Masters of Commerce from the University of Sydney as well as a Bachelors of Business Administration from Macquarie University
