About

Who We Are

Bluestar is a privately owned Australian funds management business with a focus on private markets.

Bluestar Funds Management Pty Ltd was established by Axius Partners as the vehicle to

provide wholesale investors the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of the

management team and invest with reputable real estate groups to achieve excellent

risk/adjusted returns.


Axius Partners was established in 2011 as a boutique real estate corporate advisor, fund

placement and funds management incubation service provider in the Australian

marketplace. Since 2011, Axius Partners has raised over $6 billion for Funds Management

businesses in the Australian institutional market. In addition, they have structured over

$4b of real estate loans and investments for some of the most experienced and reputable

real estate groups.


The Bluestar team is highly experienced with over a combined 100 years of experience in

both funds management and real estate institutional banking. The team members have

completed over 100 transactions worth approximately $4 billion. These transactions

include both advisory and investment transactions in senior secured, mezzanine,

preferred equity and equity. The team has strong credit, equity investment due diligence

and risk management capabilities specialising in the real estate sector.


The Manager’s differentiating value proposition is the experienced team of investment

professionals with decades of expertise in the real estate sector, debt and other asset

classes. This combined with employing a rigorous investment and risk management

process assists the team to select high quality underlying investments to provide excellent

risk-adjusted returns to investors. Axius Partners Pty Ltd is the 100% owner of Axius

Services Pty Ltd the holder of Australian Financial Services License (No. 499066). Bluestar

Funds Management Pty Ltd is an authorised representative of Axius Services Pty Ltd.


Our Team

Adam Cotterell

Adam has over 25 years of banking and  project finance experience in real estate and construction. Adam was Director NSW for 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.  

Peter Dedes

Peter has over 30 years of experience in the funds management industry. Peter established and managed a number of funds management businesses over the 30 years. Responsible for the day to day management of funds ranging in asset classes from real estate , listed equities, infrastructure, bonds and currencies for institutional, wholesale and retail investors.

George Giovas

George has extensive experience in Global Debt and Capital markets, Real Estate Financing and Capital solutions. Prior to Bluestar, George established Axius Partners a leading funds management and real estate Corporate Advisory business. George was Global Head of Real Estate at ANZ Bank and held senior roles at the bank over 23 years.   

John Maragiannis

John has over 30 years of experience in the Australian Funds Management industry. John established Axius Partners a leading funds management and real estate advisory firm in the institutional funds management sector. John has held senior roles at leading funds management companies, Schroders, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and Zurich. . 

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