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Auctions giant Christie’s calls for Aussie art financier Art Money

Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

Feb 14, 2023 – 9.35pm

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Auctions house giant Christie’s is getting into the fintech game, taking a stake in Australian-born-and-bred art financier Art Money.

Street Talk can reveal Christie’s, via its corporate VC arm Christies Ventures, has agreed on terms to acquire a non-controlling equity stake in the business, and committed to work towards a commercial partnership that would see Art Money’s services offered globally.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.