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Sony to list financial services business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... Sony is set to partially spin-off its financial services arm, a diversified unit operating in life insurance, banking and venture capital. Sony Financial Group Inc (SFGI), which operates in life and non-life insurance, banking, nursing care and venture ...

Morgan Stanley adds to regional leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... asset management for both Asia Pacific and the Americas. Levin was also a co-founder of AsiaCrest Capital and Metropolitan Venture Partners and began his career at the Man Group. Commenting on the appointment, Morgan Stanley head of investment management ...

EG expands into private debt market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... diversify into the private debt market to service capital products for property sites across the country. Initially, the joint venture will engage wholesale investors and family offices, with private debt secured by residential real estate and industrial ...

E&P Investments hands over RE mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... investment schemes. In March, E&P Investments sought to replace itself as RE of the US Masters Residential Property Fund, the Venture Capital Opportunities Fund and CD Private Equity Fund I, II, III and IV. The move was part of its broader strategy to ...

Iress outlines product-led growth strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Iress chief executive Marcus Price has detailed his strategy to drive company growth, capturing opportunities in financial advice and investment management. During the company's AGM, Price explained that under the new plan, Iress would adopt a product-led ...

SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
A man and his father-in-law were charged by the US regulator for running a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they targeted churchgoers, gaining their trust with claims their wealth and success was due to divine intervention. According to the SEC, between ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The recent collapses of local financial advice startups Creativemass and TIQK indicate that the freewheeling days of venture capital funding is drawing to an end. Creativemass, a financial services software provider used by the likes of AMP and Bombora ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 billion assets under management across pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. It found 93% of investors expect direct investments in gold to ...

$100bn withdrawal triggers First Republic stock plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... surged, many tech start-ups that relied on Silicon Valley Bank struggled to secure funding from traditional sources, like venture capital funds. Consequently, these start-ups tapped into their cash deposits, causing a drain on the bank's resources, ultimately ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A joint research venture between the SMSF Association and the University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services (ICFS) has found SMSFs outperformed the APRA-regulated fund sector during the 2020 market contraction but underperformed ...