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How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Accounting businesses drag Countplus profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Countplus profit was down 10.3% for the six months to December 2014, with results reflecting challenging conditions in the accounting and business service area, the company reported. Countplus net profit after tax was $6.08 million, down 10.3%. However ...

OPINION: The Achilles heel of unbundled services

DARREN SPEIRS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
The popularity of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) has fuelled the rapid growth of an extensive range of unbundled services that promise trustees greater choice and control, as well as lower costs than traditional bundled services. However as Darren ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Foreign nationals seeking residency in Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program will need to pump significant funds into venture capital projects and small companies if proposals tabled by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb ...

NAB kick starts self-employed advice channel

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) is offering its advisers the opportunity to become self-employed through a new channel. Seven financial planners have recently signed up to the NAB Self Employed model and the bank aims to grow the channel to 15 advisers ...

AIA and Nest launch accelerator program

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
AIA Group Limited has announced the launch of a 12-week accelerator program to support innovative businesses and entrepreneurs. The initiative is a collaborative effort between AIA and Nest, a Hong Kong based investment incubator led by Simon Squibb. ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... term - that prices would continue to slide forevermore. Like this fearless forecast from Mr. Murray Edwards -- oil entrepreneur and chairman of the Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. The Financial Post quoted him saying, "Prices could spike down to $30 ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. The Adviser of the Year honour was first awarded in 2003 ...

Billionaire makers: The cities growing the world's wealthiest

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
New York has topped the list of cities where the most billionaires were born, according to analysis by WealthInsight and Spear's magazine. No Australian cities made the list but major financial centres featured prominently. New York came out top overall ...