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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 ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Private equity and venture capital aggregate transaction value fell by 45% in the region, excluding Japan, in the first quarter. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence the drop from last year's US$14.7 billion to US$8.09 billion in Q1 2023 comes ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... globally, only four search funds have failed and burned investor capital. "On a risk-adjusted basis, search funds outperform venture capital and private equity, so purely from a financial perspective it makes a lot of sense," Seligman says.

Mantis to distribute Isola Fullerton fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... which is sub-advised by Fullerton Fund Management (Fullerton), provides a diversified portfolio of global private equity, venture capital and private credit strategies. "There is strong and growing interest from private clients and their advisors in ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... building Jones tackled apprehensions around the utilisation of super funds for nation building projects, stressing that if a venture doesn't yield an attractive return and fails to be in members' financial interests, it shouldn't be pursued. ...