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DASH secures $20m investment from Bailador

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
DASH has secured a $20 million investment from Bailador Technology Investments. The advice technology solutions company plans to use the funding to accelerate its software and platform technology while expanding its team. DASH aims to grow its workforce ...

AustralianSuper completes build-to-rent-to-own project

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
AustralianSuper has completed its first build-to-rent-to-own housing development (BTRTO), located in Melbourne's northwest. Built in conjunction with property developer and operator Assemble, residents have now moved into 15 Thompson Street, Kensington. ...

TAL appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
TAL has appointed Fiona Macgregor as its new group chief executive and managing director, effective 1 October 2024. The appointment follows the promotion of TAL's current chief executive Brett Clark to the role of chief executive and managing director ...

Will ASIC use AI for advice compliance monitoring?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the financial advice industry has led to a prediction that ASIC could soon incorporate AI into its compliance and audit checks of advisers. Financial technology firm Padua envisions ...

US looks towards rate cuts, Australia lags behind

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
A raft of economic data came out from the US overnight with US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicating the US could cut interest rates at least once this year. A lower-than-expected May CPI print was encouraging, but the FOMC still kept its funds ...

QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) lent $32 million to back Pacific Equity Partners' (PEP) acquisition of ATOM Group, an industrial and safety goods distributor. QIC Private Debt made the transaction via PEP's Fund VII. PEP flagged late ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
AustralianSuper copped the highest number of complaints in the last six months of 2023 totalling 936, which was nearly three times more than other major super funds like Cbus, Australian Retirement Trust (ART), and Aware Super. New data from the Australian ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
While the 0.1% increase in quarterly GDP was in line with experts' expectations, it still paints a dire picture for Australia's economic path. Annual GDP growth has fallen to just 1.1%, the slowest rate of annual growth in GDP in more than three ...

QIC adds to streak of venture capital investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has agreed to become a cornerstone investor in early and growth-stage fund Sprint Ventures, while also investing in biotech venture capital firm Brandon Capital. Yesterday, Financial Standard reported that QIC's ...

QIC backs startup investor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation's (QIC) Venture Capital Development Fund has made an investment in technology investor Tidal Ventures. The undisclosed investment sum will support Tidal Ventures, which focuses on vertical AI, to invest in high-growth ...