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Capital raisings, trading volumes up in June

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... of contracts centrally cleared in June 2020 was $426.4 billion, down from $1.69 billion in June 2019. Similarly, single stock options were also down in the month, falling 26% compared to June 2019. However, clearing - exchange traded markets lifted during ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... at a record low 0.1% at its latest meeting in June, it increased its GILT purchases by £100 billion - taking the total stock of asset purchases to £745 billion - and declared that it stands ready to take further actions if necessary. More recently ...

Powerwrap to merge with Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... a recently-entered $15 million term loan facility. It is also the largest shareholder in Powerwrap, owning 15.1% of its stock. As a result, the larger company thinks the possibility of a competing bid emerging is low. For Powerwrap, the bid comes at ...

New player in geared, index-shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
After BetaShares' success in attracting investors to its geared, index-shorting ETFs during COVID's market decline, another player is getting ready to throw its hat in the ring. ETF Securities is set to launch new ETFs based on the NASDAQ 100 ...

Top traded stocks revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... automotive and entertainment companies to profit from the rally. Multi-asset platform eToro found that Tesla was its most traded stock for the month, up 709% from May. This was followed by Apple (up 760% from the previous month), and Tesla's Chinese ...

Pension fund suffers $235bn loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... domestic and international equities. It also posted a negative return of 10.71% overall for the quarter as COVID-19 hit stock markets. This is compared to a positive return of 4.61% the previous three months. For the year to March 2020 - the fund's ...

Mirae drops fees on Asian equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
Mirae Asset Global Investments has sliced the fees on two Asian equities funds by 20bps each. Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund and Mirae Asset Asia Sector Leader Equity Fund will go from charging 75bps each in management fee from 95bps, while ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

Chi-X admits new participant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Disrupter stock exchange Chi-X has admitted its latest trading partner. Nine Mile Financial has been admitted to the stock exchange as a market maker, with Chi-X chief executive Vic Jokovic saying as a market maker it will play an essential role in ...

IFM Investors equities co-head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The industry-super-owned fund manager's global co-head of listed equities has left after eight years with the business. Neil Carter is leaving to pursue interest outside of funds management, an IFM spokesperson said. IFM, which is best known for its ...