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Former Courtenay House director sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... The Courtenay House companies appointed liquidators on 16 May 2017 and have since distributed dividends of $0.28 in the dollar. The liquidation process is ongoing.

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
ASIC has won its case against Bit Trade, the operator of Kraken in Australia, after the crypto exchange was found to have not complied with design and distribution obligations when offering a margin trading product to its customers. Bit Trade's ...

BlackRock launches new bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... restored. Therefore, ULTB could be a very useful tool for portfolio diversification," Stats said. "Hedged to the Australian dollar, ULTB also offers Australian investors an additional layer of stability without having to weather the ups and downs of ...

ASIC project foils scammers' operations

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
A year into its investment scam disruption project, ASIC has taken down more than 7300 phishing and investment scam websites. This includes the removal of 5530 fake investment platform scams since July 2023. It has also seen the closure of 1065 phishing ...

APRA reprimands Cbus, BUSSQ over governance issues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on Cbus and BUSSQ over governance concerns in the wake of the CFMEU scandal. The prudential regulator's additional licence conditions stipulate that Cbus' trustee, United Super, and BUSSQ bring ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... deregulation, higher tariffs, and infrastructure spending. "The impact of these policies on the markets included a rising dollar, higher bond yields, specific sectors like banking, healthcare, energy, and industrials seeing gains due to deregulation ...

FICAP to support Aussie icon in 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... Magic. This year marks the 18 th year of fundraising by FICAP, which recently surpassed the $3 million milestone. "Every dollar raised has provided vital resources and programs that contribute to a brighter future for young Australians," FICAP chair ...

The most popular fund types launched in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Of the latest 100 funds launched into the Australian investment market by Equity Trustees, most were related to global fixed income, however, the asset class didn't attract the highest flows. There were 19 new global fixed income funds, 18 Australian ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... companies. Each holding in the index is weighted equally and foreign currency exposure is hedged against the Australian dollar. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the equally weighted version of the S&P 500 index offers exposure to the US share ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... focused on improving the risk characteristics of its multi-asset portfolios. "Typically, rising real yields and a strong dollar spell trouble for the precious metal, but safe haven demand is rising, and some governments and central banks are looking ...