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Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... long-term economic empowerment of women, such as those in start-ups and early stage innovation companies. Only 2.2% of venture capital goes to female founded start-ups, despite evidence that women have the potential to demonstrate impressive returns ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... industry fund. She is responsible for its private equity program that invests in global private equity funds (buyout, venture capital and growth equity investments). Joining the super fund in 2016, Newmarch is also co-founder of 10x10 Philanthropy. 10x10 ...

Angel investor makes first Australian bet

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... than $10 million and sourced $25 million in funding from other organisations to support 32 companies and eight venture capital funds. Founders David Beatty and Paul Grossinger connect companies to a global network of LGBT/Ally investors, giving them ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... by Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, topped the list after a venture capital raise of US$14 billion. KPMG Australia head of banking and global co-lead for fintech Ian Pollari said investment in Australian ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... alternative fund opportunities in 2018, saying it will continue to focus on specialist opportunities including in venture capital, private equity, private debt and infrastructure. The firm said it is backing a thesis that the best financial advisers ...

Investment manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... fund uses its pool of capital to lend money to its investment manager, who then invests in private equity and venture capital style assets. The investors of the IPO Wealth fund receive distributions from these interest payments. Its trustee is Vasco ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest KPMG research shows the amount of venture capital funding invested in Australia last year hit a record high, with about $1.2 billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall ...

ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... private equity for Victorian Funds Management. He is also a former chairman of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The charges against Brown were dismissed by Waigani District Court, Port Moresby on January 11.

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Australia's private equity and venture capital businesses are committed to increasing the number of women employees following the sector's latest workplace diversity study. At its 25th annual conference in September, the Australian Private Equity ...

Industry body names first chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... advocacy. Prior to joining the association Young held roles with Microsoft, CSIRO, Aon, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. RegTech Association chair Julian Fenwick ...