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The article presents a survey from "BRW" which shows that venture capital managers are under pressure to show tangible returns on their investments in Australia. Good venture-capital managers balance the duty to provide returns to investors with the responsibility to help companies become global successes. The pressure to perform is leading venture-capital managers.

The article questions the levels of debt being used to support the private-equity spending spree in Australia. The prices paid for companies are being pushed up across the board as private-equity firms have been able to bid more aggressively than listed or unlisted corporations. The high levels of interest from private-equity firms is likely to continue. INSETS: Opportunities abound;Real money across the Tasman.

The article reports that private equity business is booming in Australia. The country has all the elements of a thriving, mature private equity sector, with more deals being done and more money being invested and raised this year, 2005, than ever. The number of deals done in 2004-05 was up by almost 24 percent compared with 2003-04. INSETS: Roll up for consolidation, by Julia May.;Second lease on life, by Julia May..

The article looks into the important option for companies to abandon the stock exchange and privatize as an important private-equity strategy in Australia. Private equity executive J.P. Kaumeyer contended that privatization removes the pressure of the short-term demands of investors and the burden of continuous disclosure and listing costs. The author cites the risks and issues of going private.

Looks into the strong competition between the timeshare industry with BreakFree resorts owner Tony Smith in Australia. Assessment of the efforts of Smith, being director of Holiday Invest, to attract the holiday investment market with his new bonds; Significance of the holiday bonds in creating new funds in the diversified investment portfolio and increase occupancy at the group's resorts; Details and features of the holiday bonds as an investment product.

The article reports on the review of Australian Securities & Investments Commission on the role of Michael James Giovinazzo in the gold mining investment scheme in Victoria where investors have not received their promised share. Giovinazzo was the director of the Glen Wills Unit Trust and had been convicted for fraud in 1999. He was released in April 2000 in which under the law, he is not allowed to act as a company director within five years after the release.

The article focuses on the big fall in the market of the Australian Stock Exchange/Standard & Poors 200. The stock exchange index recorded its biggest one-day fall in three months on January 18, 2006. The decline of 79.2 points to 4786.9 points came after strong growth in the past six months because of bank and mining stock trading.

Reports that Peter Costello, Federal Treasurer of Australia, is calling for the Australian and the U.S. governments to cut regulation for companies operating in the two countries. Purpose of the mutual agreement in lowering business costs; Advantage of the agreement in encouraging greater investment between the two countries.

Reports on the amount received by listed mining company CopperCo from LinQ Capital. Status of CopperCo's feasibility study on the Lady Annie project in Queensland; Investment of the company in Universal Resources.