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Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The fintech is looking to expand its B2B robo-advice business in Australia as a part of a $13.5 million venture capital raising announced today. The series B funding was led by Taiwanese giant Cathay Financial Holdings, with participation from US-based ...

Prospa postpones IPO after consultation with Macquarie, UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... support of its board and existing shareholders, including major shareholders Entree Capital, Square Peg Capital, and AirTree Venture Capital, who had committed over $47m to the IPO. According to Prospa, the $47 million committed by the three investors ...

HESTA commits $40m to impact investments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
HESTA is committing a further $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), which is managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). SIIT was launched in 2015 and is aimed at funding investments "that generate both a measurable social impact ...

Chapmans passes on blockchain investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... company, through additional investments and performance-related rights. Securrency was exploring a listing on the TSX Venture Exchange through an RTO within 120 days, at a significantly higher valuation. "The company wishes to confirm that it will not ...

LaSalle acquires Aviva real estate business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
LaSalle Investment Management will become one of the world's largest non-listed indirect real estate investment managers following its acquisition of Aviva Investors' real estate multi-manager business. Aviva is also forming a new real assets ...

ASX invests in e-property settlements business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... regulator, the Australian Registrars' National Electronic Conveyancing Council (ARNECC) for its ELNO. ASX's partner in the venture, ATI, owns the InfoTrack which is a top player in legal and property search and manual property settlements. The 18-year-old ...

Asset manager welcomes new hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... Ironbark Asset Management as head of client solutions. Kenny was most recently chief executive of Australian Unity joint venture, Federation Alliance, a superannuation and managed accounts platform provider. Kenny brings more than 20 years' experience ...

CBA sells interests in Chinese insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Commonwealth Bank has offloaded its stake in a Chinese life insurance joint venture for $668 million. CBA sold its 37.5% equity interest in BoComm Life Insurance to Japanese insurer Mitsui Sumitomo as per a condition of the bank's sale of its Australian ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... graduate and has worked at Goldman Sachs in family office investing. After this, he moved to a fund investment role at a venture capital firm and said he started Spaceship to "help his friends." Spaceship has gone from employing eight people last year ...

PIMCO and Allianz begin hiring spree for new business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... than two years of product research and development and represents Allianz and PIMCO's first-ever co-branded business venture. PIMCO is also searching for a chief executive to lead the new business; in the interim, PIMCO head of Australia and New ...