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ETFs, global equities dominate retail portfolios: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
A new report from Investment Trends highlighted the growing prominence of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and international equities in retail investors' portfolios, but highlighted a lack of understanding around trading costs. The Investment Trends 2024 ...

ASIC sues Binance over customer protection failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
ASIC is taking Binance Australia to court alleging it denied more than 500 retail clients important consumer protections by misclassifying them as wholesale clients. ASIC alleges from 7 July 2022 to 21 April 2023, Binance offered crypto derivative products ...

Magellan launches third Vinva fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
Magellan Asset Management has launched the Vinva Australian Alpha Extension Fund, which it said provides exposure to a 130:30 long-short strategy designed to provide investors with enhanced returns through a systematic and diversified approach. Leveraging ...

HMC Capital launches DigiCo REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
HMC Capital has officially launched its new Digital Infrastructure REIT (DigiCo) on the ASX with an enterprise value of $4.3 billion in data centre assets in Australia and the US. HMC said due to significant demand from institutional cornerstone and ...

Blockchain platform MezFi launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Newly launched blockchain platform MezFi is offering retail investors access to property investments designed for the wealthy via Digital Fund Tokens (DFTs). The platform essentially houses MezFi Fund 1, an ASIC-registered managed investment fund that ...

Major themes impacting systematic investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The extraordinary performance of mega-cap tech stocks has significantly impacted factor returns, creating both opportunities and challenges for systematic investors, according to a new study from Invesco. Invesco released its ninth annual Global Systematic ...

NAB profits, earnings slide

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
National Australia Bank (NAB) reported lower net profit and cash earnings in FY24, down 6.1% and 8.1% respectively, but recorded its highest dividend payouts of the past five years. Shareholders received a final dividend of $0.85, which takes the full ...

Warakirri terminates Flinders fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
Warakirri Asset Management is winding up the Flinders Emerging Companies Fund, saying it's in the best interests of all investors. The fund was launched in September 2015 and only has about $105 million in funds under management. It consistently ...

HUB24 share price, FUA skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
HUB24's funds under administration (FUA) hit $113 billion at the end of September while its share price jumped 400% in the last five years. Inflows and the current bull market continue to bolster the platforms business. It recorded net inflows of $4 ...

High-profile Tribeca manager sets up shop

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu is taking her top-performing $1.5 billion long-short equity fund to set up a new shop. Liu is effectively taking the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund in a management buyout with the "blessings" of Tribeca ...