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Unlisted ag funds hit $22bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The unlisted agriculture fund sector has hit $22 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. This makes agriculture now the second-biggest industry in the natural resources fund sector behind energy. This was largely driven by ...

TH Real Estate completes first close of European Cities Fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... a long term horizon. Commenting on the close, European Cities Fund manager Andrew Rich said: "This strong first capital raise is testament to the fact that investors are looking beyond short term uncertainty and still see value in long term defensive ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Australia's commonwealth debt hits $425 billion Australian commonwealth debt, measured by commonwealth debt securities on issue and managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), stood at $425 billion on Friday July 15. This is up ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Fintechs feature predominantly in a new list recognising superior leadership in technology and services innovation throughout Australia and New Zealand, but wealth management's representation is sparse. Yesterday H2 Ventures and Investec launched the ...

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Blue Sky Venture Capital has financed the first capital raise for wine website Vinomofo, committing $25 million to support overseas growth for the Australian business. The capital raise coincides with Vinomofo launching its business lite model to six ...

ASX "debutantes" beating market dips

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Despite ongoing volatility in domestic equities, initial public offerings retain strong growth momentum and continue to outperform the ASX 200 index. Deloitte's 2016 IPO report shows that $17.6 billion in new equity came into the Australian market in ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital is launching a new $200 million venture capital (VC) fund targeted at institutional investors to invest in later-stage deals in Australia and overseas. VC fundraising in Australia increased to $368 million last financial year ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
If Ashley Madison users made adultery cheaper and easier, what's holding crowd equity funding from doing the same with financial services? The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has recommended that crowd equity funding should be ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... hold at a discount of 10.5% at $71.50. Earlier this year National Australia Bank A (NAB) launched a $5.5 billion capital raise to partly "provide a buffer" for anticipated regulatory changes, including higher mortgage risk weights. ANZ recently made ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) openly says one of its strategic priorities is to continue to build out an investment supermarket. Already among the supermarket aisles are about 380 fund products with more than $200 billion in market capitalisation ...