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ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Financial advisers are helping drive the shift to passive funds as they choose exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over active, unlisted managed funds as a core building block in clients' portfolios. According to Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia ...

Australian ETF industry blazes past $200bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
The Australian ETF industry has rocketed past $200 billion in assets under management, with a prominent fund manager forecasting it could grow to $500 billion by 2030. ETF market capitalisation jumped by 15.7% in the first half of 2024 to $205.3 billion. ...

Global X cuts management fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... Asia Pacific region in 2022. Global X chief executive Evan Metcalf said the fee reduction comes amid increasing demand for crypto products in the Australian market and demonstrates Global X's commitment to providing investors with competitive solutions. ...

ASIC appeals judge's call to not penalise Block Earner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... commenced civil penalty proceedings against Block Earner, which offered a range of fixed-yield earning products based on crypto-assets, alleging Block Earner was running an unregistered managed investment scheme. In February this year, the Federal Court ...

First Bitcoin ETF to launch this week on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... is pleased to bring Bitcoin to the Australian market as a regulated financial product on the ASX. "Notwithstanding that crypto investing is a polarising topic, we recognise Bitcoin is an emerging asset class that many advisers and investors want to access. ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
Innova Asset Management has entered the super and housing debate, saying allowing the use of leverage in superannuation it could help younger Australians who are locked out of the property market build wealth. Innova said millennials are firmly locked ...

Northern Trust Asset Management hires head of global ETFs, funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... total US$1.2 trillion in assets under management. Abner was most recently global head of business development at Gemini Crypto Exchange for about two years to September 2022 and, prior to that, spent more than a decade in leadership roles at WisdomTree ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... Australian financial services licence, leaving consumers without important protections. Simply because a product hinges on a crypto-asset, does not mean it falls outside financial services law." Block Earner is the trading name of Web3 Ventures. It was ...

Global X brings US infrastructure ETF to Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... "Building on our successful track record of pioneering thematic products in Australia - including recent launches across crypto, technology, and AI - we are excited to introduce this unique infrastructure development ETF to Australian investors," Metcalf ...

Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF amid first-mover dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has launched an Australian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF, which holds Bitcoin directly, is now available for trading on the Cboe Australia exchange. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF's (CBOE: IBTC) holdings are stored ...