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ASIC backs Australia's fintech edge as AI reshapes financial services

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... continues to attract growing investor attention. According to ASIC, Australian startups raised more than $5 million in venture capital funding in 2025, making it the country's third strongest year on record a placing Australia behind only France and ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
QIC Ventures has led the $25 million raise for homegrown defence technology manufacturer Arkeus, which can detect targets eight times further than competitors. Arkeus is used by the Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US ...

Senior housing, retail stand out in global property markets: Bedingfield

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Quay Global Investors says while others invest in data centres and AI-linked infrastructure, the strongest opportunities are being overlooked. As investors crowd into data centres and AI-linked infrastructure, Quay Global Investors portfolio manager ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... consultation on the reforms. To encourage investment in startups, the government will adjust asset and fund size caps for venture capital to compensate for inflation since they were last set, starting July 2027. For small businesses, the $20,000 instant ...

Government pushes for investment risk taking

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... each year," the budget read. Starting July 2027, the government said it will also adjust asset and fund size caps for venture capital to compensate for inflation since they were last set. It noted this will help unlock more foreign and local investment ...

Brighter Super, QIC Ventures invest in ProcurePro

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Brighter Super and QIC Ventures have backed ProcurePro, a digital procurement platform, boosting the startup's value to more than $100 million. The two parties helped raised $15 million via a Series B round in the hope of scaling the platform which ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... Markets Growth Fund is designed to provide long-term capital growth, investing in a diversified portfolio of private equity, venture capital, private credit, private infrastructure, private real estate and more. Meanwhile, the CI Global Private Markets ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... introduction of a new emerging asset class benchmark and the provision of a suitable benchmark for alternatives assets. Venture capital, renewable energy projects and social and affordable housing, for example, are poorly represented in the benchmarks. ...

Dexus and Boral partner in $10bn project

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Dexus has announced a joint venture with Boral to develop a major logistics precinct in Melbourne's western corridor with a potential lettable area of 2.5 million square metres. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet confirmed on the sidelines of the ...

Unprecedented times need growth and resilience: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
During unprecedented times, it is important for the financial services industry to balance growth and resilience amid regulatory reforms, the rise of artificial intelligence and an ever-changing geopolitical landscape, according to the Stockbrokers ...