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Bridgewest Ventures lands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... can access directly. The fund is structured as an eligible investment under New Zealand's Active Investor Plus (AIP) visa program. Companies in Bridgewest Ventures' portfolio include battery technology maker Entropeak, home-compostable bioplastics ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... The study examined nearly 10,000 migrants on temporary visas. They include international students, backpackers, graduate visa holders and employer-sponsored workers. As part of this, international students alone are estimated to be short-changed by about ...

MA Financial expands hospitality portfolio in NZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Republic Hospitality portfolio in Queenstown for the MA NZ Growth Fund, an investment option for its Active Investor Plus (AIP) Visa program to streamline the pathway to residency for high-net-worth investors. The MA NZ Growth Fund seeks to invest in ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... sight on student accommodations. Despite more stringent immigration policy imposed by the government, such as doubled student visa fees and prioritised visa approval processing which led to an 11% decline in granted student visas granted in the first ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... technology because it is much faster and much cheaper. The annual stablecoin market is already bigger than the combined volume of Visa and Mastercard." To strengthen regulatory oversight across the sector, ASIC has recently updated its guidance to classify ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... former SIV Emerging Companies Fund. Originally established in 2015 as a wholesale fund designed for Significant Investor Visa (SIV) investors, the strategy will be made accessible to retail investors for the first time under the new structure and name. ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... come to Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to access unclaimed superannuation once their visa expires, according to the University of South Australia (Uni SA). Uni SA said workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste on nine-month ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... said. Other Series F investors include Square Peg, DST Global, Lone Pine Capital, Blackbird, Airtree, Salesforce Ventures and Visa Ventures.

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... World AUD index, which was 2.4% for the month. Returns were broad-based, with a meaningful contribution from Richmond Amazon, Visa Inc. and Alphabet.

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... World AUD index, which was 2.4% for the month. Returns were broad-based, with a meaningful contribution from Richmond Amazon, Visa Inc, and Alphabet.
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