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Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024

... of ETFs based on their performance to 31 August 2024. The best performing ETF was the Betashares Geared US Equity Fund Currency Hedged (ASX: GGUS) with a 46.6% return over one year. A $1000 investment in this ETF 12 months ago would have grown to $1466. ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024

... were the VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (Synthetic), down 9%, next in line was the Betashares Crude Oil Index ETF - Currency Hedged (Synthetic), which dropped 6.1%, and the Betashares Australian Strong Bear Hedge Fund, which fell 5.8%. Meanwhile, the ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY | TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024

... quantitative research, including multi-factor alpha models and optimisation, smart beta, index arbitrage, and dynamic currency hedging and database management and has regularly presented at conferences and seminars. Before joining RQI Investors, Scott ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024

... added. Armitage also believes that cryptocurrencies are as much a concept as they're an actual investment. "It's a digital currency where there is actually nothing that sits behind it. And so essentially you are buying a concept, albeit a concept with ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024

Nanuk Asset Management has launched a currency hedged version of an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF was admitted on the ASX under ticker code NNWH on September 30. The fund invests in companies ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024

... approximately US$164 billion and account for 40% of all value transacted on blockchain networks. Over time, multi-currency stablecoins are expected to provide a more efficient alternative to the traditional multi-trillion-dollar foreign exchange ...

RBA doubling down on wholesale CBDC

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Treasury today released a report on central bank digital currency (CBDC), citing a three-year project is now underway for wholesale CBDC. In a thorough report, Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Digital ...

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024

... target market determination. The corporate regulator argued that the obligation to repay a digital asset or national currency was a deferred debt, and therefore the "margin extension" should be classified as a credit facility. The Federal Court determined ...

ART appoints chief financial officer, promotes managers

ELIZABETH FRY | FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024

... risk premia and risk recycling. Lo joined ART/Sunsuper over 10 years ago, initially working within the fixed income and currency team. Before ART, he worked at Legal & General Investment Management and at JPMorgan and State Street. Meanwhile, as head ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024

... Australian Shares Index ETF ($205 million), Betashares Australia 200 ETF ($203 million), and Betashares Global Shares Currency Hedged ETF ($194 million). On the flip side, the products with the highest outflows were the Magellan Global Fund (Open Class) ...

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Entireti appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

The nation's largest financial advice group will soon welcome its first chief investment officer.

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

Insignia Financial has opened its books to Bain Capital after it matched CC Capital Partners' revised takeover offer.

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN

Australian Ethical says tech and AI will be important themes driving markets in 2025 but it is watching out for "curveballs".

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN

Secret affairs, sexual harassment, and systemic abuses of power by chief executives and senior leaders have the potential to erode investment returns, according to Acadian Asset Management.

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