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WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... environmental and social benefits. The fund is set to work with several partners, including Impact Investment Group's venture capital fund, Giant Leap and Impact Seed, the state's "peak capacity builder" for impact investment development. Currently ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... equity, while individual and family offices favoured real assets and investment managers favoured private equity or venture capital. Impact specific investment fund managers also favoured private equity and venture capital. Trusts, foundations and not-for-profits ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... advice to more consumers at a lower cost." Dirk Steller is the founder and managing partner of fintech-focused venture capital firm Seed Space. He believes technology is already doing a lot of work humans used to do in the advice industry. "Those currently ...

South Australia appoints VC trustee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
The South Australian government appointed a trustee to take care of the state's venture capital fund while it searches for a new manager. Melbourne Securities Corporation - also known as MSC Trustees - has been appointed caretaker of the South Australian ...

Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Australian government has started the search for a new investment manager to replace a Blue Sky subsidiary. The SA Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF) appointed Blue Sky Venture Capital in 2017 as its manager. It is now looking for a replacement after Blue ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... investment management, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. Hazell joined Crescent Wealth from Sydney venture capital firm Nightingale Partners, where he spent a year as the firm's investment manager. Prior to his stint at Nightingale, Hazell ...

Spire Capital hires director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... provides investment opportunities in US real estate private equity and private debt strategies, global small caps and venture capital. In 2018, it raised $175 million for three alternative fund opportunities.

Super startup taps new investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... banker has raised $2 million from investors. Superestate has attracted new investors including Aura Group, whose venture capital fund invested $750,000 in Superestate as a part of the $2 million raise, in a transaction completed in May. Superestate's ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... potential of companies early in their growth cycle, whilst avoiding early stage risk associated with seed and venture capital. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has completed its due diligence on the fund and is expecting to be on board as a cornerstone ...

Challenger super fund names advisory board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
A new superannuation fund has created an advisory board to guide its development, including a former AMP director of savings and retirement, and a director of Impact Investment Partners. TOMORROW Super, led by former BT Financial Group executive Wes ...