Oceania Capital Partners Limited is a private equity arm of HCI Australian Operations Pty Ltd specializing in leveraged buyouts and PIPES transactions. It prefers to invest in the financial services sector. The firm primarily invests in public and private companies based in Australia and New Zealand and may also consider international opportunities. It acquires securities in listed companies either as a standalone investment, or as a stake sufficient to procure major changes to the management of a company, or where shares are acquired in contemplation of a takeover offer being made, or as a strategic interest. In listed companies, the firm takes an influential shareholding, with a controlling position in cases of standalone investments. It can structure its investments in the form of debt and convertible notes. In private companies, the firm is a majority shareholder or takes a majority stake within syndicate of other investors. It can also take a non-controlling stake in its portfolio companies. Oceania Capital Partners Limited was founded in 2004 and is based in Sydney, Australia. Oceania Capital Partners Limited was formerly known as Allco Equity Partners Limited.