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Advisory firm in global strategic partnership
27 Apr 2023 - News
Miles Advisory Partners has announced a strategic partnership with the global corporate advisory sector's leader on private equity exits.
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An impact investment firm currently raising a carbon sequestration fund has partnered with a technology company that uses drones to plant trees.
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Global infrastructure investors have shown interest the in-administration $35 billion Sun Cable project which proposes transmitting solar power from the Northern Territory to Singapore via an underwater cable.
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The US federal government has extended protection to all depositors in collapsed tech sector lender Silicon Valley Bank.
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A global private markets firm has opened an Australia and New Zealand office in Sydney and recruited an experienced local investor relations professional.
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Industry PhD Program delivery partners
29 Jan 2023 - News
A consortium of three organisations has been selected to deliver the new National Industry PhD program for the federal department of education.
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Listed market corrections over the last 12 months have not been all bad for private markets, according to the chairman of a global private markets investment firm.
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Green power link to Singapore in doubt
11 Jan 2023 - News
A company that plans to export green power to Singapore from Australia has called in administrators but a billionaire investor continues to back the scheme.
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A report on venture capital tax concessions sought by the federal government has concluded they positively impact on the Australian innovation economy.
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Private capital voice for Treasurer’s round table
11 Oct 2022 - News
The private capital sector is to be represented on Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ new investor round table.
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Global firm opens Sydney office
28 Sep 2022 - News
A global private markets firm has opened a Sydney office in response to success in attracting private wealth clients in Australia and New Zealand.
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Should Australia develop semiconductor manufacturing?
23 Sep 2022 - News
Recent events have raised the question of whether the Australian federal government should back development of a local semiconductor manufacturing industry.
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Investing for Growth Awards
19 Sep 2022 - News
Successful private capital deals of the last 12 months have been recognised by the Australian Investment Council in a live presentation at the council's annual conference on the Gold Coast.
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Victoria funds digital healthcare centre
07 Sep 2022 - News
The Victorian government has funded establishment of a centre to promote development of digital medical technologies in the state.
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Fewer innovation sector jobs but sector still strong
03 Sep 2022 - News
The number of job vacancies at venture capital-backed companies in Australia fell by 16% in the six months to the end of June but remained relatively strong according to an industry survey.
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Future Fund shifts toward hedge funds
31 Aug 2022 - News
Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has shifted its focus toward hedge funds as it adjusts to more volatile global financial markets.
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Class action filed over collapse of investments firm
24 Aug 2022 - News
Class action legal proceedings have been filed relating to the collapse of Blue Sky Alternative Investments in 2019.
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Seed-stage firm's investees raise $1bn
18 Aug 2022 - News
Investees of a seed-stage venture capital firm have now raised a total of more than $1 billion.
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State government funding is to support the establishment of three new angel investor groups in Victoria.
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State government sets up unicorn production line
11 Aug 2022 - News
A state government is financing a program to develop 30 technology unicorns by the end of the current decade.
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