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Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... asset class. In September, First State Super and Hostplus invested $110 million and $35 million respectively in Blackbird Ventures' new VC fund, which aims to finance around 10 Australian internet start-ups per year in exchange for a 10-20% equity stake. ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... role after an extensive career in private capital investment including 14 years as founding chief executive of Social Ventures Australia (SVA). Prior to that he spent 13 years as an executive director at Macquarie Bank, where he jointly founded the organisation's ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards the latest Blackbird Ventures fund. "Blackbird is fostering the development of a critical sector, and it is important to us to help keep ideas and talent ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HESTA has partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Equip has appointed an executive with experience leading digital media and marketing ventures as its new member director. Pippa Leary started in the role on 17 July 2015. She is also chief executive officer of digital advertising company Apex Premium ...

ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... committee will also include a representative with a strong consumer background. Medcraft said global investment in fintech ventures tripled to US$12.2 billion in 2014, from US$4 billion in 2013. "In the future, we will likely see further developments ...

Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
H2 Ventures chief executive Ben Heap believes the financial services industry has largely avoided disruption and that New South Wales could be a leader in an industry "acutely suited to tech innovation." Heap's comments came as part of the official ...

Suncorp Life boss to step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... thank Geoff for his valuable contributions to the company over the past seven years and wish him every success in his new ventures," Snowball said.

Advisers and mortgage brokers joining forces

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
Increasing numbers of adviser practices are seeking partnerships and joint ventures with mortgage brokers rather than referral arrangements. Centrepoint Lending Solutions general manager Kevin Frost noticed this trend after advisers started looking ...

BNP appoints OneVue as unit registry provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... expressed its ambition of becoming "the Australian unit registry utility" in the vein of North American State Street joint ventures Boston Financial Data Services and International Financial Data Services. Explaining this goal, Mckeage said: "BFDS and ...