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Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... US$1.6 trillion, followed by North America at US$1.1 trillion, and Europe at US$0.2 trillion. The report found the higher interest rate environment continued to temper venture capital valuations in 2024, which impacted exits and overall performance. ...

FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... highlights the failures that led to substantial consumer losses and complaints. "Our analysis illustrates the conflicts of interest that existed in the Dixon Advisory business and the scale of fees that were paid by the URF to Dixon Advisory and related ...

Scarcity Partners acquires stake of foreign investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Scarcity Partners has acquired a 20% interest in January Capital, a Singapore-based private markets investment firm focused on Asia Pacific technology companies. The acquisition is hoped to support January Capital's ability to identify and fund technology-driven ...

Active Super transfers members to Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Challenger will take over Active Super's Guaranteed Income offering after it was determined transferring these member accounts to Vision Super would not be in their best interests. Active Super has informed members with a Guaranteed Income account ...

RBA 'paves way' for February rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... in tone - giving experts optimism that a cut could be on the horizon early next year. The RBA board noted that higher interest rates have been working to bring demand and supply closer to balance and said, "some of the upside risks to inflation appear ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Orbis Investment is feeling good about its investment in Japanese video game giant Nintendo, believing it's about to defy its historic 'boom-bust' cycle. Speaking to Financial Standard, Orbis Investment head of clients, Australia Eric Marais ...

Funds are 'getting back to basics', says report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... long-term drivers of economic and market outcomes, with close to 60% identifying technological change or equilibrium real interest rates as the key factors shaping their five-10-year investment strategies. Global public funds were also found to be prioritising ...

RBA to meet for final 2024 rate decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver its final interest rate decision today, with a hold predicted by most experts. The RBA has kept rates on hold at 4.35% all year, despite other global central banks having begun a rate cutting cycle. But ...

Platinum, Regal put acquisition talks to bed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
... for us would be a large, established manager with very distinctive performance and track records in the asset class of interest," Platinum chief executive Jeff Peters said at the time. "Someone that's known to Australia in the institutional market ...

South Australian financial adviser slapped with seven-year ban

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
South Australian financial adviser Bruce Davis has been banned for seven years by ASIC. Davis, who was the sole director and responsible manager of Wise Investment Advisers, has been barred from providing financial services, controlling an entity that ...