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FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... 'peer-to-peer lending'." He noted that business surveys suggest that these innovations provide a very small share of funding for new or small businesses and added that "it is an area we need to assess closely - especially when we consider the rapid growth ...

Challenger backs $4bn global infrastructure business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... Challenger executive Phil Peters said. "The world's retirement savings funds will continue to be a major source of private funding for this asset class, particularly as members move into the pension phase which requires long-term reliable cash flows ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its ...

OneVentures launches second fund for HNWs and instos

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... investments towards venture. Since then, OneVentures has closed three co-investment funds securing $30m in additional funding for the portfolio. Of eight of the fund's portfolio companies, two are now operating out of Silicon Valley and one out of Boston. ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... the financial assets of banking within two decades, super will increasingly operate along-side the banks to provide funding for infrastructure projects, new ventures and expansion of existing companies, enhancing competition, increasing efficiency, and ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... Western Austraia in the near future," he said. He said WA needs to develop new infrastructure, but that finding the funding for it is difficult. "Increasing levels of debt are becoming a problem for all governments in Australia - maybe not as bad as ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... shares, according to Centric Wealth. Tax avoidance and evasion using trusts has also been targeted with additional funding for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to investigate and audit the use of trust structures by high wealth individuals.

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... overlap. Professor Stephen Martin, CEDA chief executive, said in a statement that this could be done by "introducing pre-funding for healthcare costs by quarantining a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee rate, or increasing the Levy, so that approximately ...

FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... redemption penalty. FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said the latest issue was another step in opening up a new source of funding for Australian corporations and would allow Mackay Sugar to diversify its funding sources. "There is extremely strong unmet ...