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Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Following managing director Andrew MacLeod's departure, Good Super's founders will jointly take on the role. Phillip Kingston and Aron D'Souza formed Good Super in 2013 as a "social impact superannuation fund". Andrew MacLeod, previously general manager ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... Turnbull has put Australia's innovation in the spotlight and offered more incentives for angel investors, there is a feeling venture capital is back in vogue. Corporate lawyer and MinterEllison partner Riccardo Casali confirmed this feeling in a media ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital is launching a new $200 million venture capital (VC) fund targeted at institutional investors to invest in later-stage deals in Australia and overseas. VC fundraising in Australia increased to $368 million last financial year ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... to transform Australian growth in the near-term and probably the medium term either." The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) generally supported the innovation statement but said it did not address the problem of the existing ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... Super will be the first superannuation fund to benefit from Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement after announcing a venture capital investment partnership with H2 Ventures today. The super fund expects to deploy about $250 million for technology innovation ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... development across CSIRO, government agencies, the business and higher education sectors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) said Australia's lack of a comprehensive long term innovation strategy in recent years has ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... in Australia. Chosen by a judging panel of industry experts including former State Super chief executive Lyn Gearing, venture capital investor and philanthropist Daniel Petre, PwC executive chairman of family business David Smorgan and La Trobe Financial ...

Madison appoints national practice development manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Non-aligned adviser group Madison Financial Group has appointed a new national practice development manager. Jamie Johns joins Madison from Capstone Financial Planning, where she was national business manager. She has also held positions at Bendigo ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... said. "I have never seen the amount of capital that is around this year and going into 2016. Not only in domestic capital, venture capital and private equity; but also international capital is coming to our shores," he said. "They're coming in with large ...