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Crowdfunding investment opportunity unleashed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... raise funds from the general public in exchange for equity following the regulators issuance of the first batch of crowdfunding intermediary licences. Yesterday ASIC granted licenses to seven platforms: Big Start, Billfolda, Birchal Financial Services ...

Retail investors given equity crowdfunding boost

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
The Government today extended the existing equity crowdfunding framework, giving retail investors access to start-ups and small businesses. The revamped framework will allow smaller companies and start-ups to attract equity crowdfunding while retaining ...

Prime establishes new business division

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... transaction, restructuring and capital raising services. Prime said the new division would be supported by the equity crowdfunding platform it recently acquired along with Altezza Partners, the Brisbane accounting firm sold by former Brisbane Broncos ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... investment, to be introduced in September. Also highlighted in the update were plans to further explore commercial crowdfunding opportunities, principally social infrastructure in regional Australia. DomaCom said regional entertainment infrastructure ...

Advisers backing fractional property investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... presented by DomaCom after clients successfully purchased two properties in Victoria and Queensland via HUB24. A crowdfunding campaign by GPS Wealth clients saw DomaCom complete its first fractional property acquisition on the HUB24 platform. It signifies ...

DomaCom launches affordable housing crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... capital growth in socially responsible projects. Projects with a social conscious are important to many investors." "Crowdfunding enables this to happen across a number of investments with only a small asset allocation to each so investors can feel good ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
A Singapore-based fund manager and crowdfunding platform will cease its Australian operations less than a year after listing on the ASX. CoAssets, which was admitted to the ASX last August, specialises in crowdfunding investment services for small-to-medium ...

Crowdfunding legislation gets greenlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The newly passed equity crowdfunding legislation will give businesses unprecedented access to alternate sources of capital - an opportunity many have been waiting for, according to FinTech Australia. The Senate passed the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... DomaCom chief officer Arthur Naoumidis says the group is "enormously proud" to sign off on its first agriculture crowdfunding project, which has taken about two months to conclude. "It's our understanding that this is the first crowdfunding project for ...

Equitise launches group investment platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Crowdfunding specialist Equitise is launching a group investment platform giving retail investors opportunities to back start-ups vetted by high-profile venture capitalists and angel investors. The crowdfunding investment platform is collaborating with ...