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Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... proposed changes to the SIV program include mandating a significant proportion of foreign investment into risky venture capital funds. Specialist property investor Ausin Group has benefitted from the SIV scheme through the investment of SIV holders capital ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... diversified alternatives investment vehicle. The directly-managed portfolio is invested across private equity and venture capital, water and agriculture, hedge funds and private real estate. Blue Sky chief investment officer Alexander McNab said the ...

FSI must lift value in super system: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) has called on the federal government to lift the value of Australia's superannuation system and retirement incomes. The call comes as one of four key issues raised by AVCAL in ...

Stockbrokers Association appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... executive and managing director. Andrew Green was previously chief executive of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. He described his new role as being to "further strengthen the profession and continue to promote our highly ...

Fixed income offers little equity risk protection: CFM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... you've lost the ability to diversify into fixed interest, you need some muscle in infrastructure, private equity, venture capital, real estate and, increasingly, alternative beta," he said. The alternative beta offering that CFM is aiming at super funds ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... provide technology start-ups with, as Baird put it, "subsidised office space to collaborate, network and investigate venture capital opportunities." Former AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has been appointed project chair and DEXUS Property Group was selected ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... for alternative assets. "Investor allocations to the traditional alternative asset classes of private equity and venture capital, hedge funds, infrastructure, private real estate and real assets are increasing," Sowerby said. "Alternative assets are ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Proposed changes to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) aimed at pumping funds into small businesses and venture capital projects could spell disaster for the scheme because Chinese investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... 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 are approved. The changes ...

Significant Investor Visa changes to boost venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... to the significant investor visa (SIV) scheme that could see funds channelled into riskier investments such as venture capital and startups. Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb indicated the government plans relax the requirements to invest in ...