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Canadian VC fund invests in Aussie fintech

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
TELUS Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Canada's most active corporate venture capital fund Telus Corporation, has made an undisclosed capital injection into Australian agri-fintech company Digital Agriculture Services (DAS). The investment ...

Australian Ethical adds to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... multiple asset classes including infrastructure, structured debt, public equities, private markets, and private equity venture capital. "Ludo's extensive international experience and depth of knowledge in responsible investing makes him a perfect fit ...

Investec Property Fund, Irongate Australia in new JV

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
The South African property giant has announced a 50/50 joint-venture with Irongate Australia, leading to a buyout of the latter's funds management operations from Charter Hall. The agreement includes the Irongate Australia Fund Management team ...

LIC hunts for investment manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
A specialised listed investment company is looking for a new fund manager as it overhauls its investment mandate. Hygrovest (HGV), a listed investment company that largely invests in Australian and global cannabis-related businesses, wants to diversify ...

Tattarang buys Australia's first Waldorf Astoria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... the planned high-end Waldorf Astoria hotel at Sydney's Circular Quay precinct. Purchased from Lendlease and its joint venture partner Mitsubishi Estate Asia, the 25-storey Waldorf Astoria Sydney will include 220 hotel rooms, restaurants, spa and wellness ...

Challenger reports strong results

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... Apollo Aligned Alternatives (AAA) fund to Australia. The two companies have also been working on a non-bank lending joint venture that will provide finance solutions in sectors not well served by traditional providers. Also, in October 2022, Challenger ...

Pengana offloads Lizard Investors stake

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... portfolio manager Jon Moog. Pengana acquired the stake in November 2019. At the time, the two firms already had a joint venture in place whereby Lizard sub-advised the Pengana Global Small Companies Fund since 2015. "Whilst Pengana will continue to enjoy ...

Sun Venture makes first purchase down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... government on a 12-year contract, while 30% is rented by a global corporate. It was previously leased by NAB. According to Sun Venture, the acquisition was financed with a senior loan from St. George Bank with the assistance of CBRE Debt and Structured ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... in future years." Finura's top prediction is that 2023 will be tough for startups. "According to Crunchbase, in 2022, venture funding fell 35% compared to 2021.Finishing with a record low in Q4 2022, down almost 54% year on year," Finura said. As a result ...

SWFs shrink for first time ever: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... SWFs, and more specifically, Gulf SWFs, pushed by oil prices; and the return of the mega-deals that were favoured over venture capital in an attempt to deploy a lot of capital, very quickly," it explained. SWFs deployed some US$152.5 billion, up 38% ...