Investment

The new CCIV Australian Investment Entity

There is a new CCIV Australian Investment Entity. Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle. It follows the pedigree of already successful similar vehicles in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Ireland. This entity will be a game-changer, but it may take a while for the incumbent players to embrace it as there is considerable money and expertise invested …

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How to Re-Build the Real Estate or Property Business Worldwide using Blockchain

How to Re-Build the Real Estate or Property Business Worldwide using Blockchain is a question many people are pondering. Worldwide, one guy is way ahead in this area. Scott Picken. Brisbane here is your chance to see him. Scott recently shared his views in London, Dubai, New York and Atlanta. Now it’s Australia’s turn with …

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Investor Aggregation or Serendipity … your choice in gaining investors

When it comes to private equity investments, whether it is via an existing financial services player or an investor or equity crowdfunding platform there are two distinct ways of gaining investors. Serendipity. This is the build the offering and they will come approach. You prepare your pitch decks and Information Memorandum or offering document and you send …

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Economic Development, Innovation and Crowdfunding Video

Last week I spoke at an Economic Development Conference. Here is a video of the presentation. My chief takeaway was that every village, town and city has a strong desire to support innovation and be a growing place for its present and future citizens. However there is little understanding of the radical changes that are underway …

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Collaborative Investment – working with others to achieve the funding required to reach a shared goal

Collaborative Investment was once the domain of Kings, Dictators and Industrialists. Once upon a time, before the 18th century, large scale financial and infrastructure endeavours were the domain of royalty and dictators. Things changed with the Industrial Revolution. This took place from the mid-18th to early 19th century in certain areas in Europe and North America. Industrialisation shifted this power …

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Equity Crowdfunding is not just about diversified portfolios

One of the effects of the U.S. leading the world in crowdfunding regulation advances is that its introduction is following the regulators step by step. Title II then Title III. Incumbent players like broker dealers, investment bankers and other vested interests get to have a go first. This brings in a focus on things like …

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Democratization of Capital will help to bridge the chasm for entrepreneurs

In most countries getting a few mates to invest in your early stage business is expensive, time consuming and often restricted to those that meet income and asset criteria.   The rapidly growing movement for the democratization of capital formation hopes to level the field for both investors and entrepreneurs while increasing engagement, equality and …

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Investors need to consider investing in stocks productively

Reading Bob Gottliebsen’s article on investing in shares in Business Spectator should have got you thinking. To an investor what does”Investing Productively” mean? Bob picked up the theme of my talk based on a blog post on capitalunderdogs which was that investing by individuals today is predominantly driven by charts, numbers, spreadsheets and stock picking software …

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