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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 ...

Madison FG grows advisers by 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Independent dealer group Madison Financial Group has experienced a 20% increase in adviser numbers over the last year. The group has now 88 advisers across 50 practices and it manages over $3.5 billion in funds under advice and $70 million in risk premiums. ...

Investment under microscope at ASFA conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... opportunities," Jollie said. "These could include looking at climate change, sustainability themes, innovation in debt markets and venture capital and fintech." He added historical risk management frameworks rely heavily on neoclassical economics and ...

HESTA awards low volatility mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA has awarded a low volatility equities mandate to a Dutch asset manager. Robeco's global equities strategy was selected by the superannuation fund to "capture global equity returns with less risk," according to head of Robeco Australia Stephen ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... combined with Watson's ability to learn and provide insights into vast amounts of data, make this a particularly exciting venture."