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Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... the past few months. "Awareness has been driven by a number of factors. You've had the Atlassian IPO which is a good news story, you've got the introduction of significant investor visas (SIVs) and that's driven a lot of capital in to the industry," ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... 1.5% (annualised rate) to 2.1%. The headline number says... go ahead Janet make our day!...the details tell a different story. Yet the details show that the upgrade was largely due to a bigger build-up in inventories than the first estimate - almost ...

Philanthropists contribute to Australian literature

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... Literary award, established by the writer and philanthropist to support Australia's literary community. Novelist and short story writer Joan London is the winner of the award. She will receive $24,000 in recognition of her contribution to Australian ...

NAB Asset Servicing appoints Citi as global custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... exciting new growth opportunity" and it would help NAS improve its offshore transactions. Carpenter said it was also a good story for Citi's existing clients with increased access to custodial expertise in the local market. The point was also made by ...

MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... executive general manager of insurance David Hackett. "Adding the rollover function is the perfect complement to our super story, making it easy and more affordable for advisers to help clients get the insurance that's most suitable for them." He added ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... IPO. Although it was no race and rather a natural progression for both businesses, being one step ahead almost tells the story of MainstreamBPO super boss Michael Houlihan. His 30 years in super administration began with a company looking to leap ahead. ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... solution." Fast forward to today and the competition for infrastructure assets and alternative sources of return is a well-told story. The Future Fund, for instance, has had a great deal of success investing in illiquid assets and hedge funds and now ...

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
Here we go again folks, the China is kaput story is back in the headlines again. What went up last week - some through to yesterday - are back down again all because, they say, financial markets didn't like what they saw in the China's trade data where ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... You need to figure out you define success to the fiduciary because success metrics are less obvious. You need to tell the story," he says. It also increases the manager risk because typically an inflation plus fund will engage with fewer managers than ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Turnbull has put a halt on the government's Tax White Paper. However a post on Malcolm Turnbull's Facebook page said the story was not true. "We have not stopped work on the tax white paper - quite the contrary, as I said earlier in the week tax reform ...