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Tech is all upside for insurance: HSBC

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018

... claims seem to echo statements of recent years about the uptake of fintech in China. In 2015, KPMG partnered with H2 ventures to release the Fintech 100 report, ranking leaders alongside 50 emerging companies. Seven Chinese companies were listed, including ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 30 APR 2018

... sustainable business in most cases," Bassat said. Square Peg Capital partners with about 30 rising companies. AirTree Ventures co-founder Daniel Petre believes that in the process of disrupting a market the tech company should have created a "white space" ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018

... increased mergers and acquisitions in 2018, while many (48%) will also expand capabilities via strategic alliances or joint ventures. Whether it's through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures or straightforward expansion, chief executives remain ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018

... functionalities to make it more robust. Separately, Global Merces recently launched an alternatives fund, the GM Media Ventures Fund, which invests in early and growth stage media projects around the world. These include an animated children's series ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018

... systems. Hostplus committed more than $5 million to the platform, in addition to a further $2 million invested via Blackbird Ventures. First State Super has not disclosed the amount it invested. Commenting on the investment, Hostplus said Bugcrowd forms ...

EQT names manager for major philanthropy client

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018

... integral part of what makes us unique as a business," Kennedy said. Hepworth joins EQT's philanthropic business from Social Ventures Australia, where she was director of partnerships and business development. Before that, she was director partnerships ...

Netwealth doubles managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018

... in capital, including from other key investors such as ex-NAB group executive Steve Tucker and venture capital firm H2 Ventures.

Former wealth group chief joins Macrovue

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018

... round to scale the business and leverage the successes we have seen to date." Late last year Macrovue made the list of H2 Ventures and KPMG's Fintech100. Other Australian companies included were Prospa, ZipMoney and AfterPay Touch. Treasurer Scott Morrison ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018

... significant seed funding in an AI-driven beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the $1.8 million seed funding for Honee. The investment comes after ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018

... and machine learning development, which doubled to $12 billion year-on-year, the report said. KPMG head of high growth ventures Amanda Price said: "The applicability of innovative technologies, whether artificial intelligence and machine learning or ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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