Australian start-up Vinomofo raises $25 million in financing from Blue Sky Venture Capital

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Vinomofo, the most epic wine site on the planet, announced $25 million in financing from Blue Sky Venture Capital to bolster rapid domestic growth and support operations in new markets.... Read more continue reading

Infocus expands advice footprint

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Infocus Wealth Management Limited (Infocus), one of Australia’s leading privately-owned wealth managers, this week announced it has acquired another financial advice business under the Infocus Group Succession Plan. The Infocus... Read more continue reading

Lazard Asset Management lowers minimum investment for global listed infrastructure and emerging markets funds

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Investment manager, Lazard Asset Management Pacific Co. today announced the lowering of minimum investment for two of its funds to A$20,000. The two funds are the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity... Read more continue reading

Heferen lauded for super role at Treasury

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The SMSF Association congratulates Rob Heferen, head of Treasury’s Revenue Group, who is moving to the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to concentrate on energy resources in northern Australia.... Read more continue reading

Crowe Horwath ups M&A, Tax and Private Equity firepower with two ex-‘Big Four’ appointments

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Crowe Horwath, one of Australia’s leading accountancy firms and part of Findex, has expanded its Corporate Finance and Tax Advisory teams with two senior appointments, both with ‘Big Four’ provenance.... Read more continue reading

Asia Pacific Absolute Return Fund smooths returns in eventful markets

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Australian funds management group Pengana Capital (Pengana) has reinforced the value of investors diversifying sources of return across their portfolio, highlighting the ability of its Asia Pacific event-driven fund to deliver... Read more continue reading

Managing clients SMSF’s made easy with BT Panorama

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BT has added further capability to BT Panorama SMSF where advisers and accountants can work collaboratively to set up their clients’ SMSFs online, to invest their super, help administer their... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 1 April, 2016

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The “risk on” rally fired up again in some markets over the last week helped by dovish comments from Fed Chair... Read more continue reading

Future generations might struggle in the lucky country

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MLC research reveals a third of Aussie parents believe their children won’t be able to live the same lifestyle as them Almost 1 in 5 Aussies will be relying on... Read more continue reading

Australia’s first independently rated P2P offering

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La Trobe Financial is pleased to announce that the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) investment option in the La Trobe Australian Credit Fund has been recognised with a “Superior 4 Star” rating by... Read more continue reading