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Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... likes of QIC and Hostplus driving major pharmaceutical developments. According to data released by the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) in April, the Australian venture capital market is worth about $2.6 billion, with almost ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...

IFM Investors expands private capital team

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... and third party relationships. Prior to joining IFM, Wardman-Browne was co-head of Champ Ventures, an Australian private equity firm focused on mid-market growth investments. "IFM Investors has had a long association with Stuart through our limited partner ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association is calling for a fast-tracked limited partnership vehicle to encourage foreign investment into high-growth businesses. The limited partnership would be part of wider national policy that ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australian private equity and venture capital funds recorded a net-of-fees return of 18.4% in 2015, according to the latest data from the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) and Cambridge Associates. The CA Australia Index ...

Australian of the Year appointed $3bn government health fund chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Research Institute director Karen Reynolds, Bionomics Corporation managing director Deborah Rathjen, Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association chief executive Yasser El-Ansary, former Australian Red Cross chief executive Jennifer Williams ...

Crowe Horwath and AVCAL enter education partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
A base-level private equity education for Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) members will be run by accountancy firm Crowe Horwath. AVCAL has appointed the Crowe Horwath corporate finance team as the partner of its Private ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... that is going to transform Australian growth in the near-term and probably the medium term either." The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) generally supported the innovation statement but said it did not address the problem ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... research and development across CSIRO, government agencies, the business and higher education sectors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) said Australia's lack of a comprehensive long term innovation strategy in recent ...