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Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... public equity, while individual and family offices favoured real assets and investment managers favoured private equity or venture capital. Impact specific investment fund managers also favoured private equity and venture capital. Trusts, foundations ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... delivery of advice to more consumers at a lower cost." Dirk Steller is the founder and managing partner of fintech-focused venture capital firm Seed Space. He believes technology is already doing a lot of work humans used to do in the advice industry. ...

AXA IM dips toes in Aussie student housing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... assets business has made its first move into student accommodation in Australia, acquiring six operational assets in a new venture which plans to invest more in the sector. AXA IM partnered with Allianz Group and manager-operator Scape to acquire six ...

Adviser cops 262 month jail sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
A financial adviser in the US will spend the next 22 years in prison after he defrauded his own family out of millions. Treyton Lee Thomas has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for wire fraud and 60 months for tax evasion to run concurrently, as ...

Global asset manager moves into healthcare

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... an investment on behalf of clients in an existing portfolio of two hospital assets. The investment is part of a joint venture with international property company Grosvenor Group and healthcare property specialist Centuria Heathley. AXA IM - Real Assets ...

FinClear wins trading tech mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Burrell Stockbroking and Superannuation has chosen FinClear to replace ASX Best for its multimarket trading needs. Multimarket trading terminal ASX Best will be turned off on September 30 and a number of specialist technology vendors have stepped in ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... executive for strategy and growth, shortly after Equipsuper and Catholic Super named a new chief executive for their joint venture. Equipsuper and Catholic Super created a $26 billion entity and combined 150,000 members, with Scott Cameron at the helm. ...

South Australia appoints VC trustee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
The South Australian government appointed a trustee to take care of the state's venture capital fund while it searches for a new manager. Melbourne Securities Corporation - also known as MSC Trustees - has been appointed caretaker of the South Australian ...

Melbourne firm expands in US

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... capital raise via a special purpose vehicle to fund the expansion of battery storage company esVoltas, which the joint venture has identified as its first investment. The stock has fallen from over $46 per share in 2011 to under a dollar currently.

Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... South Australian government has started the search for a new investment manager to replace a Blue Sky subsidiary. The SA Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF) appointed Blue Sky Venture Capital in 2017 as its manager. It is now looking for a replacement after ...