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Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... renewed optimism around the crypto asset class as a whole," Miller said. "This is great news for our industry, and is just one sign of many that the 'crypto winter' is behind us. As we look forward to a 'crypto spring', it's vital to remember first-principles ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... funds about 75% of residential aged care and 95% of home care, which the taskforce describes as "not an optimal or fair mix." One of the reasons for this, the taskforce said, is that the older people of the future are typically expected to be wealthier ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... afternoon, Thompson took to LinkedIn to share Hostplus sent a letter to an Employment Hero investor in an attempt to "strong arm one of Hostplus' VC partners into silencing and firing me for standing up to their campaign against choice" and have ...

Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Australia is in a better place." Former New South Wales premier Baird was appointed chair on 31 July 2022. Baird said: "Phil is one of the finest financial leaders in the country and has demonstrated great integrity throughout his 43 years at the RBA. ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... off-market takeover bid for QV Equities; associated entities already own close to 16%. It was expected to involve exchanging one WAM Leaders share for every 1.46 QVE shares. The merger would result in a single investment company with a market capitalisation ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... narrative to perceptions about the private market asset class. "Valuations are inaccurate: we can't tell if this is a real one today or just a bad hangover from 2022's party-crashing histrionics. Throughout 2022 and early 2023, it was broadly decided ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... employee tasks, from risk assessments and fraud detection to software development and customer service. It projects that nearly one-third of task hours could be automated by 2030. But, as US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler recently ...

Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Pendal is terminating one of its funds, saying that it was too expensive to operate, 11 years on from its launch. The Pendal Geared Imputation Fund will cease to exist on March 26, the fund manager told investors, as its "small size means that it has ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The government is seeking feedback on alternative superannuation performance test designs after criticism about unintended investment consequences. In considering potential reform options, the primary focus is on improving member outcomes through an ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... Investors head of Australian small and mid-cap companies Dawn Kanelleas. The trio scored highly on the analysts' People rating, one of three assessment pillars that include Parent and Process. Since 2016, Stevanovic's management of the Australian equities ...