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China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... healthcare, entertainment and travel." Innovative China, Mio continued, will involve the government creating a venture capital or private equity-esque vehicle to "incubate companies in the new technology space, such as internet companies and high-end ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... invested. Commenting on the investment, Hostplus said Bugcrowd forms part of the super fund's growing $550 million venture capital portfolio which provides its 1.1 million members with exposure to exciting businesses, "rather than passively waiting for ...

Netwealth doubles managed account FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... raised $750,000 in capital, including from other key investors such as ex-NAB group executive Steve Tucker and venture capital firm H2 Ventures.

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
One of Australia's largest venture capital firms recently placed significant seed funding in an AI-driven beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... shows. EY studied 372 ICO projects globally in 2017 that raised US$3.7 billion in funds - twice the volume of venture capital investments in blockchain projects. It found ICO investors are greatly at risk of losing funds via sites, stock exchanges, wallets ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... decades of crypto experience between them as well as subject matter experts across global capital markets and venture capital, the team is well-poised to deliver exceptional returns for investors through an actively managed portfolio of crypto assets." ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... Spaceship, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies were among the beneficiaries of Australia's booming venture capital market in 2017, but two industry bodies have called on the Government to increase its support for the sector. Australian ...

AMP Capital names executive switch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... period. Moorhead joins AMP Capital having previously been the chief operating officer of Fidelity International's venture capital business, Eight Roads. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at Virgin Group, including group chief financial officer, group ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... investments. "Right now, international shares is the largest gap, followed by private equity funds, private business/venture capital and commercial property," Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said. Partly because of these gaps, the proportion ...

International automotive alliance launches new VC fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance is launching a new corporate venture capital fund. Alliance Ventures, in which the alliance plans to invest up to US$1 billion - starting with $200 million in year one - is targeted at fostering development in ...