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Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... equity in the US, Asia and Australia. He initially only invested his family's capital but attracted investments from his circle, through word of mouth. Almost all of the investors in the $30 million fund are wholesale and high-net-worth investors ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... plans to develop the app's use to apply beyond the immediate family (parents and their children) and to the broader family circle. "All families are unique and we are developing a range of solutions to meet the varied goals they have beyond pocket money," ...

ASIC strips Melbourne firm of AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... million fine for offering personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle's Australian financial services licence and Australian credit licenses were cancelled on November 19, ASIC said recently in ...

Wealth an unnecessary failure: Thorburn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... insurance and how to save for retirement didn't come naturally to bankers, adding wealth management was outside the natural circle of banking. "When we sit down and talk to them about banking-type needs, it easily moves into saving for retirement, protecting ...

Melbourne AFSL pays $9 million in fines

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... after ASIC found it offered personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from the firm. Financial Circle offered personal loans to consumers of up to $5000. However, they could only be availed if the customer agreed to receive ...

Charity comparator to launch premium service

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
A charity comparator website co-founded by a former Lonsec general manager is set to launch a premium vetting service for wealthy donors. The Impact Suite collects data on about 56,000 not-for-profits (NFP) and charities. The free version launched in ...

Diversity underscores wealth manager success

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... together the characteristics that diversity such as empathy and emotional intelligence that lends itself to a "virtuous circle." He explains that the industry can no longer ignore or be dismissive about how the social and environment outcomes attached ...

Chief economist update: Inflation genie still inside the box

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... wages, zero growth), no one can blame the Australian consumer. This now becomes an even bigger problem... or a vicious circle if you will. Sluggish wage growth (no growth in real wages) would put further pressure on already lacklustre consumer spending ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... owner and operator of the district heating network covering Tromso - the largest Norwegian urban area inside the Arctic Circle. Whitehelm said the deal was made on behalf of a consortium of institutional investors, and added the deal was consistent with ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... disrupting a market the tech company should have created a "white space" where no one else is. AirTree has investments in Pet Circle and Prospa among others. One tech investment idea attractive to Petre is "medtechs" that are using machine learning to ...