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Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... beginning this weekend. Quantopian is funded by a consortium including Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures. Headquartered in Boston, the firm was conceived as a crowd-sourced way to "hack Wall Street" by founders John Fawcett ...

H2 Ventures scores Investec funding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Australia has further endorsed the growing fintech industry by committing sizable funding to venture capital firm, H2 Ventures. The investment is expected to assist H2 Ventures roll out its next round of funds as part of an accelerator program. The program ...

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... to lend their expertise to achieving this task. Advocacy Council members: Paula Allen - consultant and partner, Social Ventures Australia Graeme Bibby - chief investment officer, AIA Australia Mark Delaney - deputy chief executive and chief investments ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... fund invests in opportunities that deliver both a financial return and a measurable social impact. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the Trust is one of Australia's largest impact investment funds and represents the biggest single commitment ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to work on a number of new ventures including the successful consumer focused financial literacy blog, The Money Hans. DiligenceVault is a new fintech tool ...

China emerging as fintech leader

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
China is taking a leading presence in the fintech sector, according to KPMG research. In partnership with H2 Ventures, KPMG released the Fintech 100 report, which lists the top 50 established "leaders" in the sector along with 50 emerging companies. ...

Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... an environmental, social and governance perspective; according to its statement, it "invests into funds, products and ventures that seek to tackle the world's most complex challenges. "We support profitable businesses that promote high standards of social ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... increased to $368 million last financial year and since July alone, a further $400 million has been announced with Blackbird Ventures and SEEK co-founder Paul Bassat each raising $200 million funds. But early stage VC still receives the lion's share ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for technology innovation in the next few years, already committing ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... team at Microsoft in the US, Petre is arguably Australia's best-known technology investor. His ecorp, netus and AirTree Ventures investment funds have provided some $200 million in vital growth capital to some of Australia's most promising start-ups. ...