ABOUT US
Founded in 2000, Crescent Capital Partners began as a Private Equity firm focused on mid-market, ‘growth buyout’ transactions with a small team of dedicated strategy consultants.
Today it is an alternative asset manager, covering Australian and New Zealand private equity, private credit and active listed equities funds with a team of 45 investment and management professionals. Crescent is a top quartile global investment manager, with a Partner group who have worked closely together over the past 20 years.
Investment Performance
Crescent’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.
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.
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 good macro drivers, companies with good margins and market positions and where we believe we can assist to step change performance further.
Growth Oriented
Since our inception, Crescent Capital Partners has been focussed on an approach to investment that is growth-oriented and value adding for our investors and our portfolio companies. We have the breadth of experience in managing the fluctuations and vagaries of investment markets as well as economic cycles. We offer our partners transparency and honesty.
Responsible Investment
As long-term investors, we recognise our responsibility to invest with integrity and believe Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) management underpins long-term value creation.
Our commitment to ESG is evident in the expertise of our dedicated ESG team.
The Crescent Story
In Australian private equity, there are very few firms who have had the same length of uninterrupted experience and success as Crescent Capital Partners. And in long term investments, like private market investment, the length of time the partners and investment team have been working together makes a real difference in generating the returns investors seek.
Crescent has watched the evolution of the alternative asset market in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the rise of demand from institutional and wholesale investors for private market investments, and we have risen to the challenge. We believe any extension of investment strategy must be focussed on returns achieved through clear competitive advantage and a strong cultural alignment with our existing business.
Private Equity
Crescent has launched 7 core private equity funds since its inception in the Australian and New Zealand mid-market and has raised $4.5 billion across these funds.
While we are a ‘generalist’ private equity manager, over 45% of all our deals are in healthcare and we are considered one of the largest investors over many decades into this sector. The launch of our Crescent Growth Fund focussed on the lower mid-market complements our mid-market Core Fund strategy, making the most of smaller investment opportunities but using the same investment discipline and practice.
Private Credit
Our private credit team has extensive product knowledge developed over the long-term as well as trusted senior level relationships with the key players in the Australian banking, advisory and financial markets. This is at the heart of Crescent’s private credit fund development.
The depth of experience and skills of the team ensures successful origination of high-quality assets with attractive risk adjusted returns.
Listed Equities
With genuine long-term expertise in the Australian and New Zealand market and deep-sector knowledge across a range of industries, the decision to extend into listed equities was logical. A separate investment team applies Crescent’s private equity approach of deep fundamental research, active ownership and investor alignment into a concentrated portfolio of listed equities where we can partner to compound capital for the long term.
Crescent’s
Evergreen Fund
With the increase in interest from Wholesale Australian investors into private market investment, the development of Crescent’s Evergreen Private Equity Fund gives investors access to the range of Crescent’s private equity strategies; from our Core and Growth Funds to any continuation vehicles or co-investment opportunities.
Memberships and Certifications
We are proud members and signatories of these highly respected organisations
