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MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... past decade," he said. "Moreover, analysis reveals that in just over the past three years, bitcoin has been nearly four times more volatile than the US sharemarket." Farmer added that bitcoin advocates previously argued that cryptocurrency represented ...

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... Among them, ASIC said all trustees under review struggled to provide data to ASIC about their end-to-end claims handling times, saying many didn't have systems in place for them to draw down the necessary data without significant manual work. "Even ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... readily accessible to the wider investor community until now." "In this era of regime shift and increasingly unpredictable times, we have carefully curated a suite of products that can benefit investor portfolios. We are excited to bring more active ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... utilising its vast cache of intellectual capital," Singh said. "Our business model has proven itself through good and difficult times. Our people, our stakeholders and our shareholders should be the beneficiaries of this positioning." Last November ...

CBA's 'Cinderella story' over: Analysts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... much conjecture over the last year. Despite stagnant earnings growth, it's currently trading at an all-time high of 27 times the 12-month forward earnings, which is higher than the growth-oriented S&P 500," McCormack said. "The big question is: how ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... providers who have direct contact with members, since mid-2021, to provide guidance on how to support its members during times of vulnerability. "Rest trains our employees and those of our service providers to recognise signs of vulnerability and respond ...

Insignia exec appointed local chief of MUFG Retirement Solutions

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Retirement Solutions business globally. "I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved together in a dynamic and at times, complex industry, navigating constant change to deliver meaningful outcomes and impact," she said. "After considered and careful ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... cheaper AI model was a "mid-cycle efficiency gain". DeepSeek was built by a small AI team in China via an open-source model 30 times cheaper and using inferior Nvidia chips, compared to its US rivals. Despite the major sell-off on Monday, Wall Street ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...

Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... with 277 deals and real assets at 44. US-domiciled funds were the most popular with 383 deals taking place in 2024 and five times more than the volume reported in France at 66. UK-domiciled strategies are the third-most popular at 57, followed by Germany ...