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RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...

Carlyle buys into Calastone, ups Link bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... financial terms of its ownership in Calastone but mentioned that it acquired the stake from existing shareholders Octopus Ventures and Accel. Fernando Chueca, a managing director in Carlyle's advisory team, said since its inception Calastone has ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... 2020's challenges, we cannot fathom why Australia still doesn't have a national plan to end homelessness." Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact said the charities sector was left out, noting that permanently increasing ...

Evans invites 360 Capital to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... the Evans Dixon board in July this year after Alan Dixon stepped down. Pascoe is a former chief executive of Lendlease Ventures and chief financial officer and executive director of Blackmores. In July this year, Dixon stepped down from the board after ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... general manager, partner and customer channel experience. He was previously general manager, digital, innovation and ventures. Meanwhile, McCormack will be responsible for the company's group and retail distribution channels, underwriting, operations ...

New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Managed by portfolio manager Nathan Bell, the fund's top holdings include online classifieds business Frontier Digital Ventures, investment management firm Pinnacle, employment marketplace Seek, developer RPM Global Holdings and digital audio technology ...

Spaceship raises $10m in capital raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... in July. The $10 million raise was structured as a convertible shareholder note and Cannon-Brookes' family office Grok Ventures and AirTree Ventures were on board. Spaceship, which started out as a superannuation fund in 2017, added a managed funds business ...

Super-backed specialist centre opens in Hobart

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... village open its doors in Tasmania. In development with HESTA, not-for-profit aged care provider Glenview and Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the Korongee Village in Hobart will pioneer a new approach to care for people living with dementia, the second ...

Spaceship Super gets boost from Voyager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... remains strongly supported by existing investors, which include billionaire Mike-Cannon Brookes's family office Grok Ventures, AirTree Ventures and Hong Kong-based Horizon Ventures. "We have looked at it in the past [getting an RSE licence]. It's ...

Alan Dixon steps down at Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... chair David Evans said. Dixon's ED1 board position is going to Anthony Pascoe, a former chief executive of Lendlease Ventures and chief financial officer and executive director of Blackmores. He is currently the executive chair of a tech-enabled services ...