Australia beats US as Chinese CEOs’ investment top spot 8 Feb 2019 Investor Update A global survey of chief executive officers (CEOs) shows Australia overtaking the United States, Japan and Germany as an investment destination among CEOs based in China. Read article... Read article...
Australian duty free business acquired by Korea’s Lotte 25 Jan 2019 Investor Update South Korean retail travel giant Lotte Duty Free has acquired JR/Duty Free in Australia and New Zealand for an undisclosed sum. Read article... Read article...
US investor acquires stake in luxury Australian lodge brand 23 Jan 2019 Investor Update An affiliate of US-based private equity firm KSL Capital Partners has invested in Australian luxury hotel brand Baillie Lodges. Read article... Read article...
Australian digital diagnostics firm partners with QIAGEN on TB testing solution 22 Jan 2019 Investor Update Australian digital diagnostics firm Ellume has partnered with German-Dutch company QIAGEN to develop a new tuberculosis (TB) testing solution for developing nations with a high disease burden of TB Read article... Read article...
ExxonMobil to develop West Barracouta gas project in Australia 16 Jan 2019 Investor Update ExxonMobil is developing the West Barracouta gas field off Victoria’s Bass Strait to bring new gas supplies to Australia’s domestic market. Read article... Read article...
Westin begins Australian growth phase with new Brisbane hotel 17 Dec 2018 Investor Update US hotel chain Marriott International has opened a 299-room Westin hotel in Brisbane. Read article... Read article...
Australia’s new Adelaide-based space agency welcomes investment 14 Dec 2018 Investor Update The Australian Space Agency will be located in Adelaide by mid-2019 and is set to employ 20 full-time equivalent staff members. Read article... Read article...
India’s HCL Technologies opens Adelaide office 12 Dec 2018 Investor Update Global technology company HCL Technologies has opened a delivery centre and office in Adelaide to service Elders, a leading Australian agribusiness company. Read article... Read article...
Hitachi signs ‘social innovation’ MoU with CSIRO 7 Dec 2018 Investor Update Japanese technology multinational Hitachi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSI ... Read article... Read article...
INPEX wins 2018 Investment Award 4 Dec 2018 Investor Update Japanese resources company INPEX was awarded the 2018 Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister’s Investment Award. Read article... Read article...
Japanese tech titan Hitachi joins Western Sydney precinct project 3 Dec 2018 Investor Update Japanese technology conglomerate Hitachi has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the NSW Government to collaborate on the development of the Western Parkland City and Western Sydney Aerotr ... Read article... Read article...
Global tech consultancy Infosys to create 1,200 jobs in Australia 30 Nov 2018 Investor Update Infosys, an India-founded technology consultancy, has announced it is creating 1,200 IT jobs and opening three Innovation Hubs in Australia by 2020. Read article... Read article...
Takeda awards A$100,000 Australian medical research grants 29 Nov 2018 Investor Update Takeda, Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, has awarded individual grants of approximately A$100,000 to four Australian research programs as part of its COCKPI-T open innovation program Read article... Read article...
Australia holds world record for longest period of growth among developed economies 28 Nov 2018 Investor Update Australia's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.9% in seasonally adjusted terms over the June quarter 2018, according to the latest National Accounts figures recently released by the Australian ... Read article... Read article...
Swiss fund manager enters Australian market with A$50 million solar investment 26 Nov 2018 Investor Update Switzerland-based investment manager SUSI Partners has acquired 100% of a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Queensland. Read article... Read article...
US medical device maker partners with GenesisCare on cancer research and treatment 23 Nov 2018 Investor Update Varian and GenesisCare have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership for cancer care research and to increase access to advanced cancer care across Australia. Read article... Read article...
UK pharmaceutical links up with Australian biotech to develop needle-free vaccines 22 Nov 2018 Investor Update Enesi Pharma in the UK and Australian biotechnology firm Sementis have signed a research and development (R&D) collaborative agreement to develop vaccines to treat peanut allergy and mosquito-borne in ... Read article... Read article...
Novartis and BioCurate to work together on early-stage drug discovery 21 Nov 2018 Investor Update Global biopharmaceutical Novartis and Australian biomedical research company BioCurate have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share research and accelerate discoveries of new drugs. Read article... Read article...
Global pharma company strikes deal with Melbourne research centre to develop new cancer drugs 16 Nov 2018 Investor Update US-based pharmaceutical Pfizer Inc. has signed a two-year research partnership with Cancer Therapeutics Co-operative Research Centre (CTx) to develop two programs focusing on drug discovery. Read article... Read article...
Ericsson partners with Telstra to launch pioneering 5G network 9 Nov 2018 Investor Update Swedish technology giant Ericsson has joined forces with Telstra to roll out what they claim will be the largest and fastest mobile network across Australia. Read article... Read article...