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Super startup taps new investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... investment banker has raised $2 million from investors. Superestate has attracted new investors including Aura Group, whose venture capital fund invested $750,000 in Superestate as a part of the $2 million raise, in a transaction completed in May. Superestate's ...

Wealth firm backs new Perennial fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... capture upside potential of companies early in their growth cycle, whilst avoiding early stage risk associated with seed and venture capital. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has completed its due diligence on the fund and is expecting to be on board ...

Financial tech firm refocuses strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
An ASX-listed financial planning technology company will reconfigure its strategy following an unsuccessful pilot partnership with Commonwealth Financial Planning. Intiger will refocus its strategy on developing and marketing its BOOM software after ...

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... Limited and its property funds management platform, which will see the birth of a new entity, Centuria Heathley. The new venture will be led by Heathley chief executive Andrew Hemming. The move increases Centuria's unlisted real estate assets under management ...

Spaceship searches for new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Startup superannuation fund Spaceship is shaking up its management structure and is on the hunt for a new chief. Chief executive and co-founder Paul Bennetts will become chief product officer, a new role that was created as part of the super fund's ...

Female fintechs make better investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
A new report by KPMG reveals fintechs founded by women are better investments than their male-founded counterparts. The UK Fintech Focus report analysed how the gender of those who found fintechs correlates to the success of those start-ups. It found ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Two industry superannuation funds have announced a joint venture that will create a $26 billion entity, aimed at delivering scale benefits to their combined 150,000 members. Equipsuper and Catholic Super have signed a memorandum of understanding to ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Hannover Re to provide group life cover to members. Financial advice business Warrington Scott is also involved in the venture, with Human Financial - the promoter of FairVine - being a corporate authorised representative of its AFSL. FairVine's ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... "The failure of limited advice for many accountants and a desire to stay fully involved with clients has meant that joint venture models like ours are appealing," he said. "Crescere has about a dozen joint ventures running with accounting groups, which ...

Chinese investment in Australia down 36%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
A new report from KPMG has revealed a 36.3% reduction in Chinese investments in Australia, from $13 billion in 2017 to $8.2 billion in 2018. The report was produced by KPMG and The University of Sydney Business School looking at a dataset covering investments ...