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Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Australia's fintech industry is catching the interest of international investors and raked in US$600 million of funding last year, according to KPMG analysis. KPMG's 2018 Pulse of Fintech report showed Australian-based Avoka and its sale to ...

Industry leaders join Prospa board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... sectors, having worked in both non-executive and executive roles at leading public and private growth companies including Paypal, Macquarie, Eclipx, OneVue and Melbourne IT," Moshal said. Pemberton joins the Prospa board alongside her current roles as ...

Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are familiar with these ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... yield, holding up to35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are familiar with these names ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... recent financial results," he said. Drury's move follows the widely-publicised sale of approximately 1.1 million shares by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel back in April. Thiel, who became Facebook's first outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are familiar with these ...

MYOB co-founder sells $62m Xero stake for charity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... Securities. Winkler made a key investment in Xero in 2009 and later sold part of it to a consortium of investors including PayPal founder Peter Thiel. The latest transaction represents three million shares for a consideration of about $62 million. Winkler ...

Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... and Wellbeing Services Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Mine in February 2017. Prior to her current role as marketing director at Paypal, she worked in a number of senior leadership and marketing roles at Westpac, BT Financial Group and Reuters London. The appointments ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... listen to playlists and connect with performers. EBay fell 3.8 per cent on concerns about the impact of splitting off its PayPal unit. The company slashed its forecast for 2015 free cash flow from PayPal by $US100 million ($A131 million) to $US1.6-$US1.8 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Priceline (both +1.0 per cent). But eBay fell 3.1 per cent on worries that the new Apple payment system threatens its own PayPal service. Dow member ExxonMobil fell 0.6 per cent as oil prices dropped to new multi-month lows. Caterpillar, another Dow ...