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Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... government this financial year will be spending $425 billion against revenue of just $388 billion, leaving Australia with another huge deficit to add to its $424 billion government bond liability. The annual deficit being equivalent to 25.8% of GDP shows ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... year there has been a significant shift in the prioritisation of Australian agriculture and innovation in general. We see a huge and growing opportunity for growth equity financing of agtech companies and are actively seeking to identify Australian technologies ...

Deloitte Digital appoints Asia-Pacific commerce director

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Deloitte Australia has appointed John Preston as its director of commerce for it digital division in an effort to boost its e-commerce capabilities. Preston joins Deloitte from DigitasLBI where he was commerce technology group director for Asia Pacific. ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... top 20 proxy/engagement advisers. AODP chief executive Julian Poulter said: "Asset managers are starting to wake up to the huge opportunities to make superior returns in the low-carbon transition. There is growing competition and our ranking will help ...

Blue Sky takes alternatives to the next level

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Blue Sky Capital Venture has invested in US plus-size fashion brand ELOQUII as part of a $19.8m series B funding round. The $19.8m ($15m USD) Series B funding is financed by Blue Sky Venture Capital, Wildcat Capital Management, Greycroft Partners, Daher ...

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... expression of the quality of deals that come through our doors. In just five years, they have built a cracking business with huge scope to scale globally, which is where we come in," Stead said. "This is why we have started fundraising for a $200 million ...

Rising age pension costs unfair on young people: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), says that the real cost of the age pension per recipient is rising. This will place huge pressure on future government budgets and, by extension, future taxpayers who will, by necessity, be younger people. These ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... more than half of the Chinese economy: 51.6% of gross domestic product. In financial services there, the opportunities are huge. Australia has a strong, experienced financial sector, where China has strong financial ambition but less experience. "That's ...

AIA revamps digital strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... perceptions around life insurance. Underinsurance costs the Australian government over $1.5 billion per year, so we have a huge opportunity and a strong imperative to change this situation." AIA Australia has updated its website to include a simplification ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... of these products is producing much more disparate outcomes than what might have been suspected. For instance, there is a huge disparity in the number of options offered by each provider. Aon provides a massive 26 discrete lifestage options within its ...