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NAB appoints MD for innovation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
NAB has appointed the managing director of its $50 million innovation fund, NAB Ventures. Todd Forest was previously chief executive of Clipp, a mobile payments app which allows users to pay a restaurant bill or bar tab with their phone (instead of ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Equip has announced the appointment of three new board members after the industry superannuation fund recently held its member and employer director elections. Joining the Equip board are AGL manager group employee relations Michael Clinch, and Cleantech ...

Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... of high quality companies from around the world, diversified across sectors and geographies. It was formed by a joint venture between Australian Unity and the Wingate Group in 2008.

Crowe Horwath and AVCAL enter education partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
A base-level private equity education for Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) members will be run by accountancy firm Crowe Horwath. AVCAL has appointed the Crowe Horwath corporate finance team as the partner of its Private ...

J.P. Morgan wins in $5bn NZ custody review

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... assets in New Zealand's National Provident and Government Superannuation Funds. Annuitas was established in 2001 as a joint venture between the two funds and provides administration services for both. National Provident and the Government Superannuation ...

Qualitas to finance boutique Waterloo apartments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... will provide mezzanine finance for the $107 million ICONIC Waterloo apartments and associated retail space. The joint venture between developers Thirdi and Milligan Group is the first asset to be financed by the Opportunity Fund and has attracted strong ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... said the government's actions to support the industry already included: ensuring access to concessional tax treatment for venture capital investments in start-up FinTech firms; commissioning the Productivity Commission to outline options to increase ...

Blue Sky and Goldman Sachs partner for student accommodation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Alternative Investments' property subsidiary Blue Sky Private Real Estate will form a $1 billion student accommodation joint venture with leading global investment firm Goldman Sachs. The partnership aims to build a portfolio of 5000 to 10,000 purpose ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... and aspirational quants are being held, beginning this weekend. Quantopian is funded by a consortium including Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures. Headquartered in Boston, the firm was conceived as a crowd-sourced way to "hack ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
If Australian superannuation funds invested 1% of their $2 trillion asset pool in venture capital the country would have the world's highest rate of venture investing per person. And if venture capital is not soon given some scale in Australia, it is ...