Current Issues

AVCAL Submissions to Australian Venture Capital Industry Review chaired by Brian Watson

Improving the VCLP to attract global capital
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Private Equity Valuation Guidelines Discussion Document

A comparison of the AVCAL and the International Valuation Guidelines presented by KPMG (27 May 2005)
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PWC Private Equity AIFRS Workshop

(24 June 2005)
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PWC / EVCA Discussion Paper

IFRS & The Private Equity Industry (April 2005)
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Venture Capital Review

(20 May 2005) The Terms of Reference for the recently-announced Venture Capital Review were released today by Australian Industry Tourism and Resources Minister, Ian Macfarlane.
Press Release - Hon. Ian Macfarlane, MP
Terms of reference
Review process

Early Stage Enterprises

AVCAL has submitted a paper to the government, prepared for us by Clayton Utz. The paper, Early Stage Enterprises explores incentives needed to help early stage enterprises attract Angel funding.
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Inconsistent tax treatment of foreign investment into Australian companies.

View the PDF diagram (March 2005):
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Incorporated limited partnerships article (13-12-04)

Incorporated limited partnerships: Venture capital’s contribution to legal development. By Dr Keith Fletcher.
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Queensland Partnership Act 1891

From November 2004, the amended Partnership Act
1891 (the Act) will help make Queensland more attractive
for new international venture capital investment..
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