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Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... long-term economic empowerment of women, such as those in start-ups and early stage innovation companies. Only 2.2% of venture capital goes to female founded start-ups, despite evidence that women have the potential to demonstrate impressive returns ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... industry fund. She is responsible for its private equity program that invests in global private equity funds (buyout, venture capital and growth equity investments). Joining the super fund in 2016, Newmarch is also co-founder of 10x10 Philanthropy. 10x10 ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
The "Year of the Pig" is turning out to be what it signifies - prosperity, good fortune and success. This is no truer than from the land the 12 animal signs of the lunar calendar zodiac originated - China. This is against consensus expectations that ...

Angel investor makes first Australian bet

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... invested more than $10 million and sourced $25 million in funding from other organisations to support 32 companies and eight venture capital funds. Founders David Beatty and Paul Grossinger connect companies to a global network of LGBT/Ally investors ...

Advice firm hires chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
A Melbourne-based advice, wealth management and accounting firm has appointed a new chair as its incumbent retires. Tim Carroll will start as Prime Financial Group's non-executive, independent chair on March 1, after serving on the board for three years. ...

Saxo appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... payments ASX-listed firm OFX. Between October 2014 and September 2015, Smith was the former co-head of ANZ ETFS, a joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Smith helped launch the business, commercial strategies and operational processes. In May ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... acquired by Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, topped the list after a venture capital raise of US$14 billion. KPMG Australia head of banking and global co-lead for fintech Ian Pollari said investment in ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... three alternative fund opportunities in 2018, saying it will continue to focus on specialist opportunities including in venture capital, private equity, private debt and infrastructure. The firm said it is backing a thesis that the best financial advisers ...

Investment manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... years. The fund uses its pool of capital to lend money to its investment manager, who then invests in private equity and venture capital style assets. The investors of the IPO Wealth fund receive distributions from these interest payments. Its trustee ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest KPMG research shows the amount of venture capital funding invested in Australia last year hit a record high, with about $1.2 billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall ...