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Private equity activity improves: research

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
Private equity and venture capital fund managers have invested record highs in Australian companies in the past three years according to the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The annual report into the primary activities of ...

Former company director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... raised funds from nine investors between January 2003 and April 2007 through his companies, Financial Partners, Venture Capital Management, and Biotech Solutions. None of the companies held an Australian financial services (AFS) license at the time. ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... selling ice blocks, by 24 he was a millionaire and now, after a career that has seen him raise $1.5 billion in venture capital, he charges $50,000 for a day of consultancy. The figures speak for themselves but Belfort, or 'The Wolf of Wall Street', has ...

Government plants $60m innovation funding seed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... government. Through the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF), the government has invested $20 million in each of Carnegie Venture Capital, the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund and Southern Cross Venture Partners. Private investors are matching the ...

Noonan takes ACSI presidency

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... Superannuation Trustees and is on the board of the Government's advisory body, Innovation Australia, chairing its Venture Capital Committee. Noonan was deputy president of ACSI for the last year. Former Mercer investment consultant Donohue joined the ...

Winton Capital wins Future Fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... said in its portfolio update, or 16.3 per cent, excluding Telstra. The private equity mandate went to US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners which invests heavily in India. Future Fund had $2.49 billion in private equity investments ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
Australia's Future Fund has awarded a new mandate to US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners. The world's 13th largest sovereign wealth fund with $74.6 billion worth of assets under management issued the mandate to Bessemer some time ...

New rules for investment advisers: SEC

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... increasing the asset threshold for advisers to register with the regulator. The proposed rules will also define "venture capital fund" and provide clarity regarding certain exemptions to investment adviser registration, and make amendments to rules that ...

ASIC bans adviser and charges former director

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Finnigan is facing 14 separate charges after allegedly raising funds from nine investors through Financial Partners, Venture Capital Management and Biotech Solutions before allegedly depositing the money into bank accounts he controlled, using the funds ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... can be said for "opportunistic investors" such as private equity funds, which are willing to dish out funds for venture capital and distressed investments, for instance. "There seems to be no shortage of domestic money, but there seems to be some relative ...