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Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... potentially at the detriment of startups and the potential upside for the local economy. This is according to Stoic Venture Capital partner Geoff Waring, who said local startups are being "held back" by super funds increasingly allocating to exchange-traded ...

Magellan chief backs health startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... HealthMatch, which connects patients with drug trials for treatment. The investment is via Tempus Partners, a venture capital firm focused on technology-driven companies, where Cairn sits on the board as a non-executive director.

Australian Unity launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Australian Unity said the "first of its kind" fund will invest across a range of sectors and asset classes including venture capital and private equity; domestic and international listed equities; and social infrastructure such as medical and health-related ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... and infrastructure; providing diversification to equity holdings. The fund currently invests in water rights, venture capital, growth capital and private real estate. During her decade with Willis Towers Watson, Zinurova worked across multiple continents ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... closed-ended, wholesale, illiquid and listed investment products, as well as property syndicates, private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. It is looking to launch an ESG assessment framework in the near future. The fledgling research house, which ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... $11.7 million from a coalition of institutional Australian investors in a capital raise led by Brandon Capital, a venture capital firm that manages the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund; Australia and New Zealand's largest life science investment ...

Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... led by Campbell McComb as its managing director. He has previously worked as Newgate Capital Partners' head of venture capital and a director at Melbourne corporate advisory firm Greenwich Capital Partners. The addition takes Auctus's total assets under ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... fund, it will look across renewable energy infrastructure (like large scale solar farms), impact private equity, venture capital and debt for impact-focussed startups, social impact bonds, environmental assets and regenerative farming. The first close ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... services, Hong Kong, Amber Lo said: "We are seeing increased demand for outsourced fund services from private equity, venture capital and real estate funds as a result of increasingly complex regulation, operational compliance and LP demands for better ...

Fintechs drive venture capital: KPMG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Venture capital investment in Australian fintechs has grown despite concerns about the pandemic which has seen private equity and mergers and acquisitions activity fall, a new study from KPMG shows. KPMG's latest Pulse of Fintech report reveals ...