A Message from Luis

The 2008 financial crisis and most recent acute global economic and political events have reshaped the landscape of investing in Australia and international markets. The investment community has become increasingly hypersensitive to headline and perceived risk across asset classes and geographies, particularly in the context of an uncertain and rather grim outlook for global economic growth.

Events drove market sentiment has also challenged the conventional investment paradigm and has forced investors to re-engineer, reshuffle, consolidate or shed assets in an effort to be more risk-averse.

Today’s Australian, emerging market investors and asset managers face a contoured investment landscape; one that favours strategic, focused and adaptive growth strategies, that optimise expenditure, maximise efficiency and embrace the long-term intrinsic growth prospects of communities, businesses, and countries.

The most forward-thinking investors and managers are teaming up with specialised advisors, establishing local partnerships, and creating bespoke, executable regional and sub-regional strategies that account for the full spectrum of variables – economic, political, and social alike. Success from now on will largely be driven by partnerships, expertise, and disciplined navigation. This strategy is delicately woven into the fabric of our company’s history and has been integral to our growth since our inception.

At HLG Australia, resolve amid turbulence, dexterity in the face of opportunity, and far-reaching market expertise is at the core of our business. Stability and consistency of services despite an evolving global economic landscape has cemented our firm as a strategic partner of choice for Australian market investments and business services.

The recent shift in the Australian and global investment landscape has prompted HLG Australia to adapt, refocus our core competencies, and position the company to better capitalise on market opportunities spawned from an evolving global economy. As such, HLG Australia had re-restructured and developed a new strategic direction to focus on the following market segments and sectors:

•  Property & Real Estate
•  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals 
•  Private Equity(Infrastructure,Resources and Energy, Consumer & Retail, Construction & Engineering Services, TMT & Supply Chain)
•  Services (Business and Investment Related Services)

This corporate adaptation was designed and executed by the board to better suit the ambitions of our financial backers and to position the firm to better capitalise on opportunities in the market. It is our belief that participating in these sectors will drive material growth across our business and give rise to new blue-sky growth opportunities. HLG Australia Limited is now equipped with a platform that operates harmoniously: Five divisions that are synchronised for maximum value added to our investors and stakeholders and optimised to meet the current demands of the market.

• HLG Investments and Capital Partners (HICP):  The group’s financial arm that identifies opportunities, conduct due diligence, provides advisory and business-related services, structures, and funds transactions across high growth sectors.

• HLG Services (HS) : Provides a wide range of business, investment and management services to a substantial and diversified client base. 

Our client base includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals aiming at portfolio diversification at new markets and new opportunities through reliable market due diligence, hands-on support, asset acquisition and management, funding, development and project implementation, across a vast domain of activities from infrastructure, resources, construction, real estate, health care and management. The services are tailer to suit the clients needs.

• HLG Property & Asset Management (HPAM):  The group’s dedicated asset management division that focus on identifying property and real estate opportunities in Australia, provides buyer advisor services (BAS), provides property and real estate services (RES) and conduct efficient real estate operations (REO) which allows us to optimise the performance and returns of our assets, as well as the services we provide to our customers with consistent reporting standards and processes.

• HLG Retail, Resources & Energy(HRRE): Consumer Goods, Commodities, Petrochemicals and Mining with a focus on targeting investment opportunities across geographies.

• HLG Ventures(HV):  Specialist service division is focusing on identifying business opportunities and invests in private, high growth, game-changing engineering and technologies companies or ventures accelerating innovation, efficiency, marketing, and high productivity across the entire industrial and business spectrum.

At HLG Australia, we believe in the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets growth and are both enthusiastic about the opportunities and humbled by the challenges that they present. Our unrivalled ability to adapt and navigate the ever-changing landscape of these markets is a testament to our management’s capability, deep expertise, strategic partnerships, global presence, and our financial capability to invest in opportunities and manage our own assets. These attributes equip HLG Australia with the latitude to execute on a wide range of opportunities without being at the mercy of liquidity.

We are steadfast in our mission to source, vet, and invest in Australia and selected emerging market countries  with the intent to build a truly global business and contribute to the growth and development of Australia and markets where we invest.

Sincerely,

Luis De Sousa

Founder & Managing Director

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