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Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... attractive risk-adjusted returns. "We have continued to pursue investments that provide greater exposure to the local currency and protection against higher inflation. The portfolio is positioned towards the middle of its risk settings."

EQT wins RE mandates for FIIG Securities, Nanuk AM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... recently launched vehicles. EQT has been handed RE mandates for the FIIG Monthly Income Fund and the Nanuk New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF. EQT executive general manager, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said he ...

Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... of ETFs based on their performance to 31 August 2024. The best performing ETF was the Betashares Geared US Equity Fund Currency Hedged (ASX: GGUS) with a 46.6% return over one year. A $1000 investment in this ETF 12 months ago would have grown to $1466. ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... were the VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (Synthetic), down 9%, next in line was the Betashares Crude Oil Index ETF - Currency Hedged (Synthetic), which dropped 6.1%, and the Betashares Australian Strong Bear Hedge Fund, which fell 5.8%. Meanwhile, the ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... quantitative research, including multi-factor alpha models and optimisation, smart beta, index arbitrage, and dynamic currency hedging and database management and has regularly presented at conferences and seminars. Before joining RQI Investors, Scott ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... added. Armitage also believes that cryptocurrencies are as much a concept as they're an actual investment. "It's a digital currency where there is actually nothing that sits behind it. And so essentially you are buying a concept, albeit a concept with ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
Nanuk Asset Management has launched a currency hedged version of an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF was admitted on the ASX under ticker code NNWH on September 30. The fund invests in companies ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... approximately US$164 billion and account for ​​40% of all value transacted on blockchain networks. Over time, multi-currency stablecoins are expected to provide a more efficient alternative to the traditional multi-trillion-dollar foreign exchange ...

RBA doubling down on wholesale CBDC

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Treasury today released a report on central bank digital currency (CBDC), citing a three-year project is now underway for wholesale CBDC. In a thorough report, Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Digital ...

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... target market determination. The corporate regulator argued that the obligation to repay a digital asset or national currency was a deferred debt, and therefore the "margin extension" should be classified as a credit facility. The Federal Court determined ...