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BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has praised Australia's use of private capital in funding infrastructure, and said the US needs to catch up. In his annual letter to shareholders, Fink said the United States trails behind countries ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... separate awards, based on grants above $50,000 and those below. The 2017 Best Small Grant of the Year Award went to The Funding Network (Sydney) for supporting a school kids education program by Manjeri in Uganda while the 2017 Best Large Grant of the ...

IMF Bentham taps debt markets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... record of maintaining cash reserves to ensure it can satisfy litigators and courts that it has sufficient resources to meet funding of costs during trials and any judgements," Ricciotti said. "This issue will add to existing cash reserves of over $150 ...

Industry model costing good advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
The proposed industry funding model to help ASIC regulate poor advisers is at the cost of those behaving professionally and ethically, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. The ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill, which details an ...

Crowdfunding legislation gets greenlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... many have been waiting for, according to FinTech Australia. The Senate passed the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016, which allows small-scale businesses "to raise funds from a large number of investors", has taken about two years ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... executive Hugh Morrow and former Vanguard Australia head Jeremy Duffield in 2012, SuperEd raised $800,000 in its first funding round in 2015, and is looking to raise an extra three to $6 million on top of a recent $2.5 million to help with its partnership ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... company via the acquisitions of BT and St. George and dramatically strengthened the balance sheet in terms of capital, funding and liquidity. I am proud to have been part of that," Coffey added. He will leave Westpac Group on 31 May, but will continue ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... ongoing development of large scale solar in Australia." The projects secured a number of power purchase agreements and grant funding, with the Whitsunday solar farm receiving an Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) large-scale solar grant, and ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... had built a customer base of thousands and was ready to invest where the world is heading. Bursting onto the start-up funding scene in July last year, Spaceship pitched a different portfolio offering. Issued through the Tidswell Master Superannuation ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners Scholarship program, assisting NAB Financial ...