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Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Three academics who were able to explain why some countries are richer than others have taken home the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics. The award, named the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was presented to Daron ...

Monochrome launches Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has launched an Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) on stock exchange Cboe Australia today. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) aims to give investors a return that matches the price of Ethereum in Australian dollars; it has ...

Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
The Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Household Spending Insights (HSI) index fell 0.7% month on month in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a gain in August of 1.6%. The fall in September was in line with expectations, CBA chief economist Stephen ...

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 ...

Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
The best and worst performing Australian ETFs have been identified in new analysis by InvestSMART in its inaugural ETF Scorecard report. The report provides a ranking of ETFs based on their performance to 31 August 2024. The best performing ETF was ...

TAL changes underwriting limits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
TAL has introduced several changes to underwriting limits that reduces medical test requirements for new life, total and permanent disability (TPD), and income protection insurance applications. For life and TPD, customers aged 49 and younger can apply ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
Three years on from its launch, the BNP Paribas EARTH Trust is to be wound up. Investors have been notified of the fund's termination, which is scheduled to be completed by November 22. As responsible entity, Equity Trustees said the decision to ...

ASIC cancels fewer AFSLs in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
ASIC cancelled or suspended 239 AFS licences (AFSLs) in the 2024 financial year, which is 9% lower than the prior period. Report 797 Licensing and professional registration activities, which tracks licensing and professional registration activities ...

ASX listings dwindle as companies abandon public markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
The number of publicly listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has plummeted over the past year, according to its latest monthly activity report. The ASX saw a decrease of nearly 100 listings over the past year, signalling reduced ...

Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Ares Management Corporation will acquire the international business of GLP Capital Partners and certain affiliates, boosting its assets under management (AUM) by $65 billion (US$44bn). The business, known as GCP International, is being bought for $5.5 ...