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Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... to a national strategy for financial literacy and capability with concrete goals, lines of accountability, sustainable funding, and clear outcomes measurement. It suggested mapping stakeholders, initiatives, and funding to better understand the financial ...

ASIC issues first stop order for crowd funding

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... Commission (ASIC) has issued an interim stop order preventing Hirehood from offering securities under its crowd-sourced funding (CSF) offer document. The CSF was published on the VentureCrowd intermediary platform. ASIC said it made the interim order ...

QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... in Tidal Ventures, Brandon Capital, and Sprint Ventures. Its Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund is currently funding an accelerator program that trains sports technology businesses together with Australian Sports Technology Network (ASTN) in ...

More businesses fold, unpaid super recovery measure to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... gone into administration. Cathro & Partners principal David Mutton said the FEG Recovery Program essentially provides funding to liquidators to enable recovery efforts who otherwise do not have the financial resources to pursue. Claims that the program ...

QIC adds to streak of venture capital investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... raised. QIC private equity investment director Leo Channon said the deal was aimed at bridging the identified early-stage funding gap for startups to scale from Queensland. "Sprint is a home-grown Queensland firm that invests across a number of important ...

Global X brings US infrastructure ETF to Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... growth and modernisation of any economy," Metcalf said. "Within the US, recent legislative acts are directing substantial funding towards infrastructure initiatives, signalling enormous growth potential for companies in this sector." Metcalf added that ...

QIC backs startup investor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... Wendell Keuneman formerly Atlassian's Head of Product, and global technology investor Grant McCarthy. McCarthy said the funding is a testament to the firm's commitment to growing technology businesses. "It [the funding] will allow us to provide critical ...

Clearway wins distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... companies with strong balance sheets and superior cash generation capabilities that can effectively address potential funding gaps." Negline added that Matthews' 33-year heritage of deep fundamental research in small caps across emerging markets and ...

Early release of super scammers cop prison time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... people," he said. Acting ATO deputy commissioner Jade Hawkins commented that fraudulent behaviour like this takes essential funding away from Australians' retirement savings. "We, along with our partner agencies, are committed to investigating and ...

AFCA to expel Dixon Advisory

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... outcome for consumers, providing them with ample time to lodge a claim, as well as recognising that the profession is funding the compensation." Also commenting, on LinkedIn FAAA chair David Sharpe wrote: "Let's be clear though - this isn't success ...