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Parliament passes FoFA amendments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... business and financial advisers, whilst maintaining the quality of advice for consumers who access financial advice. "The Turnbull Government will continue to implement initiatives from the Financial System Inquiry in order to enhance the financial system ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
The Turnbull Government is the latest administration to announce a superannuation inquiry to investigate efficiency of the system and review how default funds are selected. A statement jointly released by Treasurer Scott Morrison and Assistant Treasurer ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... incumbents," Macdonald said, adding that the mentality of big business has turned more forward-thinking following Malcolm Turnbull's recent innovation statement. Addressing the threat to jobs directly Macdonald said: "We think people have got to avoid ...

OneVentures seeks super fund investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Following Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement, OneVentures is exploring a potential opportunity to add superannuation funds as investors in its Innovation and Growth Fund II. With federal government plans to lift the tax free cap on early-stage ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
During a week where Prime Minister Malcolm 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 ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... stage companies received just $84.6 million. The Government's recent reforms package announced in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Innovation Statement was also aimed at early stage angel investment. Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy said ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... outlook at a media briefing yesterday, Standard Life Investments chief economist Jeremy Lawson said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faced significant challenges in lifting both fiscal and potential growth. "I think he's [Turnbull] a better policy maker ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
First State 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 ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... welcomed by the financial services industry and beyond. Among a package of reforms introduced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Canberra yesterday were tax breaks for early stage investors, an incubator support program, investment in cyber security ...

Pengana aims to lead global small cap groundswell

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... young Goldman Sachs investment banker who helped broker the deal was Russel Pillemer, who co-founded Pengana with Malcolm Turnbull in 2003. When Pillemer suggested Australia as the market to launch the strategy Lizard had been incubating for three years ...