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Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... private equity market had also been buoyant but it was difficult to determine the forward trend. "The environment for fundraising private equity funds has improved. We've seen a number of large funds growing recently including the Pacific Equity Partners ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... 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 and since July alone, a further $400 million has been announced ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they did so at "the ...

Shaw and Partners appoints foundation members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Partners chief executive Allan Zion said that the foundation will support charitable causes in different ways, including fundraising, sponsorship, donation matching, volunteering, mentoring, skill sharing and employee engagement. "While financial contributions ...

AMP Capital takes majority stake in Angel Trains

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... Infrastructure Fund, which was launched in October 2014. The fund achieved its first close earlier in the year and fundraising has contributed to AMP Capital's global infrastructure platform already reaching half its target size of US$2 billion."

2015 Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation ( NBCF ). The total cumulative fundraising since the event began in 1998 is now $27.4 million. This year's event attracted more than 130,000 participants, volunteers and ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... several financial reports with ASIC. Hodgson initially did not register the Paladin Monetizer Fund and relied on a fundraising exemption under section 708 of the Act. However, as the fundraising approached the limits of the exemption, he arranged for ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... Management (CFSGAM) has closed the European Diversified Infrastructure Fund (EDIF) after successfully achieving its fundraising objective of $2.9billion. The fifth and final round of fundraising saw the fund draw in $1.1billion over a six month period. ...

FICAP gives support to The Shepherd Centre charity

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... therapy they need to learn to listen and speak, the vast majority of which The Shepherd Centre must cover through fundraising." The Shepherd Centre's chief executive, Jim Hungerford, said the organisation was delighted to be partnering with FICAP until ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II), which completed its final close, raising US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong/China and Bahrain. ...