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Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Australian private equity has boosted M&A activity by 16% over the last year, according to MinterEllison. New research from the law firm shows the healthcare sector was the biggest contributor to this, with private equity activity increasing significantly ...

NAB reduces fossil fuel exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... have a material effect on its operations and financing activities. In the report, NAB said: "This year, we set our first science-based GHG emission reduction target for our operations. Our new target is to reduce GHG emissions by 21% by 30th June 2025 ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... entrepreneurial individuals," QIC's head of global private equity Marcus Simpson says. To date, Simpson says returns on life-science investments have been attractive and the spread of returns tends to be higher as many of the companies don't succeed. ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Ferris said superannuation funds are buying in to the discussion and narrative about advancing the National Innovation and Science Agenda, however there is still some head scratching about the best way to be involved. "There is an emerging and new interest ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

Blue Sky reshuffles directors

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... venture capital funds and deployed over $80 million across both. She was also the chief executive of Reproductive Health Science, deputy managing director at Adelaide Research and Innovation, an investment manager at CM Capital Investments and managing ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... management consultant for Bain & Company. Portfolio manager Wiemin Xie, meanwhile, is a quant specialist with a computer science degree. Fellow portfolio manager Tim Masters has a background in debt having worked in Westpac's institutional bank. Rounding ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... growth in computing power, the explosion of data generation, and the maturing of methodologies from statistics, computer science, mathematics and engineering, amongst other disciplines," Ledford said. "As more data become available, sophisticated machine ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... Tide managing director Chris Browne as VIC state director. Plansure Solutions' Dave Slovinec and principal of Economic Science James Ford both retained their state directorships unopposed, for SA/NT and WA respectively, while Evalesco's Jeff Thurecht ...