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Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Global X is preparing to launch a China technology ETF, citing the country's shift from policy planning to delivery, stabilising fundamentals and depressed valuations, while also emphasising the critical nature of selective exposure. Ahead of the launch ...

Bravura chief exits: 'Right time to step aside'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... and chief executive. "I joined Bravura at a very challenging and critical time requiring difficult decisions to be made and fast action to be taken to restore profitability and restructure the company, whilst at the same time improving engagement with ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... closure to a long and difficult process, one that showed how hard it is to apply existing financial services law to new and fast-changing technologies like crypto." "We understand regulators are working in a tough environment. The current legal framework ...

Government to 'crack down further' on financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... Rishworth. In a joint statement, the ministers said the government's plan places a new focus on ending financial abuse - "a fast growing and insidious form of domestic and family violence." They said there would be "zero tolerance" for perpetrators who ...

Mantis to distribute new micro cap offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... with our previous portfolio construction methods, detailed financial modelling and investment process has given Balmoral a fast start to creating a new investment house."

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
VanEck will soon list two new ETFs, one being an RMBS strategy and the other investing in Indian growth stocks. The VanEck Australian RMBS ETF (ASX: RMBS) will give investors access to a residential mortgage-backed securities strategy, which VanEck ...

Apex awarded $2.3bn fund admin mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Apex Group has been appointed to provide fund administration and transfer agency services for four retail products of an Australian credit manager, effective today. Mutual Limited will transition administration of the Mutual Cash Fund, Mutual Income ...

New SEC chair affirmed, FCA chief reappointed

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
The US Senate has voted 52 to 44 for the appointment of the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Meanwhile, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reappointed its chief executive. Patomak Global Partners chief executive ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Paying higher superannuation fees doesn't equate to getting death benefits paid out faster, according to research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA). In the wake of a review by ASIC into death benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees ...

NAB forecasts 50bp rate cut in May

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... feature of the RBA calendar, some flexibility on the policy front has been lost, especially when developments are moving fast." Auld is not the only expert forecasting a larger rate cut at the May meetings. IG analyst Tony Sycamore said markets are now ...