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Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Blackbird Ventures and SEEK co-founder Paul Bassat each raising $200 million funds. But early stage VC still receives the lion's share of funding. More than three-quarters of the capital raised this financial year was allocated to seed early stage companies ...

John Waller retires from NAB, BNZ

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... subsidiary BNZ since 2008 and will leave those positions on July 31. Doug McKay has held senior positions at Procter & Gamble, Lion Nathan, Carter Holt Harvey and Goodman Fielder and was appointed to the BNZ board on March 5 2013.

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Latin America and China, [which are] all big markets at the end of the day." He said Australia once had companies such as Lion Nathan and Fosters delivering some of AB Inbev's characteristics before they were taken over by overseas companies, potentially ...

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... government assistance for retirement incomes received by all Australians, including the very well-off who currently get the lion's share. "The timing of the tax review is right. It is in everyone's interests that we get the settings right, define clear ...

ASIC bans incompetent adviser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based adviser for three years for failing to keep records. The regulator said Lionsgate Financial Group adviser Atish Prasa, from Westmead, was not adequately trained or competent to provide a financial service. He also broke ...

AXA IM appoints Asia Pacific head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Asia with access to a wide range of investment solutions." Prior to joining AXA IM, Flood was chief investment officer at Lion Global Investors Limited and before that held a number of senior investment roles in the asset management industry, covering ...

ASIC permanently bans 'tombstoning' adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned financial adviser Pavan Vyas engaging in credit activities after he was convicted for dishonest conduct. Vyas was found guilty of 'tombstoning', a practice that involves ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... awarded respectively, the 2013 financial year saw just 41 mandates awarded. JANA is the asset consultant that has awarded the lion's share of global equity mandate funds to managers in the last three years. Chief executive Ian Patrick said that while ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... for member retention. It found that 69% of superannuants are with an employer-chosen fund. "The default fund still gets the lion's share of the new entrants to the labour market and those who change jobs, so it's critical for both industry and retail ...

Banned adviser faces jail time over 'tombstoning'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct after using dead people's documents and fictitious clients to increase his revenue. The practice is known as 'tombstoning' and this time it was Pavan Vyas, former adviser from Lionsgate ...