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Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... popular asset classes. About one quarter (25%) of all respondents allocate to alternatives while direct investment into ventures comes in second place at 22%. Nature-based solutions, biodiversity and regenerative practices are top of mind for many family ...

Macquarie ventures into land lease development

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Macquarie's real estate platform has launched a new land lease communities group, Millbray, to cater to the rising demand of quality residential accommodations for Australians over the age of 50. The community group will be fully owned by Macquarie ...

Coaxial names chief investment officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... officer in October. Harris has over two decades of experience across financial services, technology, and high-growth ventures. He was most notable for his contribution to Afterpay across its journey in Australia. He was chief financial officer when Afterpay ...

Guilty plea entered in Ponzi scheme case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... including providing advice. Through the unlicensed business, Arandez encouraged clients to invest in several business ventures belonging to him. In total, some $1.97 million was transferred to Arandez under the guise it would be invested in property ...

Rest boosts impact, sustainability investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... at the scale of traditional infrastructure. The firm is led by former Macquarie Capital head Tim Bishop and former BCG Ventures executive Paul Hunyor. Rest interim co-chief investment officer Simon Esposito said that, given the substantial number of ...

ASIC loses appeal against Finder Wallet

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... ASIC's appeal in the Finder Wallet case relating to the defunct crypto-asset related product Finder Earn. Wallet Ventures (previously known as Finder Wallet) is an AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange. The corporate watchdog initially alleged ...

SS&C to take over Calastone for $1.6bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... financial terms of its ownership. However, it mentioned that it acquired the stake from existing shareholders Octopus Ventures and Accel. Carlyle Europe Technology Partners managing director Fernando Chueca said: "We are pleased to have supported Calastone ...

Grok Ventures sees two executives exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Grok Ventures - the climate technology investor backed by Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes - has seen chief executive Tan Kueh and chief investment officer Jeremy Kwong-Law exit the business. "Both have played a huge role in Grok's journey ...

Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
TCorp has promoted Tim Dai to manager of infrastructure, real assets and private markets investments. Dai previously served as a senior associate advising the New South Wales government on complex commercial transactions, leveraging his analytical skills ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... platform said. Other Series F investors include Square Peg, DST Global, Lone Pine Capital, Blackbird, Airtree, Salesforce Ventures and Visa Ventures.