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Buyout maverick Crescent Capital shakes up private equity

One of Australia’s most successful private equity firms Crescent Capital, like its founder Michael Alscher, is happiest operating below the radar. But times are changing.

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One of Australia’s oldest and most successful private equity firms, Sydney’s Crescent Capital Partners, reckons it has found new ways to make money.

No longer content with Australian and New Zealand healthcare and industrials buyouts – which have been its patch for the past 24 years – it is getting into private credit, listed equities, and specialist PE investing in consumer brands.

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Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com

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