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Powerhouse Ventures to launch flagship fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... that these themes will play out in sectors such as the space economy, quantum computing, next generation AI and materials science for onshored manufacturing. Powerhouse said it would seek to transfer its investment positions in around nine private companies ...

Chalmers unveils new-look RBA boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
Treasury has appointed two new members to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy board as well as announcing who will take on roles on the governance board. This comes after a review of the RBA suggested splitting to board in two ...

ART, ISPT to build $585m Sydney life sciences hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Australian Retirement Trust and Industry Super Property Trust signed a 99-year lease from the University of Sydney to build a healthcare and life sciences hub. As Australia's population ages, demand for healthcare is expected to increase significantly ...

intelliflo partners with Capital Preferences

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... Capital Preferences will provide interactive assessments to help advisers better understand client preferences backed by science and behavioural economics. Stephen Wirth, the Australia product strategy lead at intelliflo, said the integration helps advisers ...

BlackRock partners to build $1.5bn life sciences platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... to invest in fit-for-purpose laboratory assets that supports the rising industry demand and the growth of dynamic life science and biomedical innovation hubs in the country." Meanwhile, Wentworth Capital executive director Paul Apostoles said the company ...

Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Three academics who were able to explain why some countries are richer than others have taken home the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics. The award, named the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was presented to Daron ...

Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... portfolio manager at Powerhouse. Powerhouse targets businesses with emerging intellectual property, mainly those in the science and engineering fields. Its focus sectors are electrification and decarbonisation, next-generation computing, space technologies ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... five-year review of the legislation. This will be essential to ensuring the law keeps pace with advancements in genomic science and the way genetic tests are used in the future." The government's consultation on the issue came on the back of a report ...

Losses further sink Lendlease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
Lendlease's financial woes deepened in the 2024 financial year, making a $1.5 billion loss amid overhauling its operations. The ASX-listed firm's losses ballooned from $232 million in FY23 despite reporting 15% growth in EBITDA to $809 million ...

'Unrealistic overconfidence' major issue for new advice clients

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... demonstrate their value more effectively," Braun said. "In the report we identified over 40 individual tactics using behavioural science principles that advice firms could deploy to change attitudes and convert prospects into clients". The report found ...