Crescent Capital Partners is known as one of the oldest and most successful private equity and alternative asset management firms in Australia.

With over 25 years of creating consistently top quartile results across all funds, our long-standing team of experts build relationships with businesses and investors alike that endure and grow.

We understand the magnitude of change that investment in private capital markets can offer and our long-standing dedicated team has a results-driven, proven track record. Our results speak for themselves.

Private Equity

As a generalist private equity manager, we have a diverse portfolio across healthcare, industrial, financial services and technology brands. Over the past 25 years however, we have been the most active PE firm in healthcare in Australia with 45% of our funds dedicated to this sector and producing results in the top decile across global managers.

Private Credit

In an Australian first, we have partnered with one of the Big 4 banks to deliver to the private credit market access to Australian corporate loans at scale. This unique opportunity gives companies access to funds, and investors access to a fund structure of high quality and scale across a credit and return spectrum.

Private Equity

Investment Performance

In its 25 years, Crescent has launched 7 Funds and multiple continuation vehicles, and now has $3.5 billion in Funds Under Management and a record as one of the most successful mid-market private equity firms in Australia.

Investment Style

Crescent’s high engagement model has delivered profit growth outperformance against industry benchmarks on a longitudinal basis.

Our earnings growth is achieved by having a clear investment thesis as to how to create value which is complimented by having a long-serving, close team of investment professionals working with our businesses and investors alike.

Investment Approach

Crescent seeks opportunities to act as a catalyst for change supporting businesses with growth initiatives who look for improving performance or consolidating the sectors in which they operate.

Sector Focus

We are a generalist firm and have built businesses across a wide range of industries with a particular focus on healthcare, industrial technology and service investments. We focus on industry sectors with tail winds, companies with good margins and market positions and where we believe we can step change performance further.

Private Credit

Unique Private Credit Investment

Leveraging our extensive asset management experience, Crescent is introducing two differentiated private credit funds to investors: the “Crescent Corporate Loan Fund” and the “Crescent Structured Credit Fund”.

Investment Strategies

The “Crescent Corporate Loan Fund” is a diversified portfolio of Australian corporate loans as yet inaccessible to the Australian private credit market. Our “Crescent Structured Credit Fund” is an asset backed fund of corporate and leveraged loans.

Australian Corporate Loan Fund

Through collaboration with Australian banking partners, the fund will give investors unique access to Australian senior corporate bank loans, diversified by borrower and industry with an average weighted life of 3 years. The credit quality will range from B+ through to BBB with a target return of RBA Cash Rate plus 3.00%.

Structured Credit Fund

This fund provides investors attractive risk adjusted returns through a portfolio of asset backed and infrastructure junior debt, unitranche and other structured credit. The credit quality of this fund will range from B- to BB+ with a target return of RBA Cash Rate plus 4.50%.

Grow. Increase. Expand

We understand the magnitude of change that investment in private capital markets can offer and our long-standing dedicated team has a results-driven, proven track record. Our results speak for themselves.

Results

Top quarterly results. Across all funds on a DVPI and TVPI basis

25% IRR

For gross returns across all investments

47

Platform investments

34

Full exits

Returns

3.2x DPI returns Across healthcare deals

7 Funds

With $3.5 billion Funds Under Management

20 years

Average partner tenure

Investment Performance

Investment Approach

Responsible Investing

Crescent Capital’s high engagement model has delivered profit growth outperformance against industry benchmarks on a longitudinal basis.

Our earnings growth is achieved by having an investment thesis that works and by having a long-serving, close team of professionals working with our businesses and investors alike.

The difference is in the benchmark -our gross TVPI from 2005 to 2020 is 3x when the Cambridge top quartile average is 2.7x.

Crescent Capital seeks opportunities to act as a catalyst for change supporting businesses with growth initiatives who look for improving performance or consolidating the sectors in which they operate.

We have built businesses across a wide range of industries with a particular focus on healthcare, industrial technology and service investments.

We focus on industry sectors with tail winds, companies with good margins and market positions and where we believe we can step change performance further.

Crescent Capital Partners is committed to embedding Responsible Investment and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles alongside our established approach to investment management.

We combine deep in-house experience in assisting emerging and growth companies across Australia and New Zealand with expertise in integrating ESG considerations throughout the investment cycle to deliver strong financial returns over the period of our investment.


Responsible Investing

Crescent Capital Partners is committed to embedding Responsible Investment and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles alongside our established approach to investment management.

We combine deep in-house experience in assisting emerging and growth companies across Australia and New Zealand with expertise in integrating ESG considerations throughout the investment cycle to deliver strong financial returns over the period of our investment.


Why Partner with Us?

We take great pride in building long term partnerships with our investors based on an established reputation for delivering consistently strong performance. Investors in our funds include domestic and international funds, endowments, family offices and high net worth individuals.

For all investment enquiries, please email investor@crescentcap.com.au or phone Cressida Mort on +61 405 628 221