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H2 Ventures scores Investec funding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
International banking group Investec Australia has further endorsed the growing fintech industry by committing sizable funding to venture capital firm, H2 Ventures. The investment is expected to assist H2 Ventures roll out its next round of funds as ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai top-dressed the government's innovation commitment and complemented calls by financial services executives for Australia's fintech industry to immediately capitalise in a "booming" ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The Government should step in to boost investment in technology and innovation in the financial services sector by offering incentives and removing the biggest barriers, a panel of high profile professional investors has said. In a plenary session at ...

Man Group appoints EM debt head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Man Group's discretionary investment management subsidiary Man GLG has appointed a head of emerging market debt strategies. Based in New York, Guillermo OssA(C)s joins Man GLG from HSBC Asset Management, where he was working from 2011 overseeing the ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is building on its Sydney innovation lab by launching a second lab in Hong Kong and unveiling plans to expand to London later this year. CBA group executive institutional banking and markets, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, said Hong Kong's ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% and pushing a 20% rebate on marginal tax rates for super contributions would have no effect on the federal budget. This is according to the latest modeling from PwC prepared for the Financial Services Council ...

OneVentures seeks super fund investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Following Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement, OneVentures is exploring a potential opportunity to add superannuation funds as investors in its Innovation and Growth Fund II. With federal government plans to lift the tax free cap on early-stage ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The reforms detailed in the Government's recent Innovation Statement have been enthusiastically welcomed by the financial services industry and beyond. Among a package of reforms introduced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra yesterday were ...

Madison appoints national practice development manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Non-aligned adviser group Madison Financial Group has appointed a new national practice development manager. Jamie Johns joins Madison from Capstone Financial Planning, where she was national business manager. She has also held positions at Bendigo ...