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Industry fund appoints Whitehelm as investment consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture between Vopak, an independent tank storage company, and the NIBC European Infrastructure Fund I C.V. Vopak retained a 10% ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
One of Australia's largest venture capital firms recently placed significant seed funding in an AI-driven beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the ...

Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The ownership behind the Australian arm of micro-investment savings app Acorns is changing from its original joint venture structure, with the original US developer Acorns Grow now holding a minority interest in the company. Acorns Grow Australia is ...

Sydney advice firm launches insurance joint venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... members at a Sydney wealth management firm will lead its new life insurance business following the establishment of a joint venture. HLB Mann Judd Sydney has appointed Andrew Kennedy to lead HLB Insurance Services, which will operate as part of HLB's ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... EY report shows. EY studied 372 ICO projects globally in 2017 that raised US$3.7 billion in funds - twice the volume of venture capital investments in blockchain projects. It found ICO investors are greatly at risk of losing funds via sites, stock exchanges ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... level oversight, not often seen in the fast developing crypto market." The fund's investment strategy is driven by Dominet Venture Partners founder and chair Domenic Carosa, chief executive Holger Arians and expert analyst Tim Johnston, alongside Wall ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... Spaceship, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies were among the beneficiaries of Australia's booming venture capital market in 2017, but two industry bodies have called on the Government to increase its support for the sector. Australian ...

AMP Capital names executive switch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... transition period. Moorhead joins AMP Capital having previously been the chief operating officer of Fidelity International's venture capital business, Eight Roads. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at Virgin Group, including group chief financial ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... pools of capital focused on a particular investment thesis that has the conviction of both EIO and also either a joint venture partner or an anchor investor. EIO then typically obtains institutional funding to support the partnership and drive improved ...

Lendlease and Canadian pension fund enter $2.6bn investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... in its $4 billion Elephant Park development at Elephant & Castle. CPPIB is committing $606 million or 80% of the joint venture's initial investment. Lendlease has already committed $1.4 billion to housing and infrastructure in the development and will ...