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VGI Partners global LIC posts 25.6% returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... 11 short positions, with net equity exposure of 89%. The portfolio stood at $999 million at July end, with Amazon, Mastercard, Cie Financiere Richemont SA, CME Group and Pinterest among the biggest long holdings. It has initiated a new long position ...

Chi-X TraCRs added to specialist platform

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... outperformers, including teleconferencing provider Zoom, protective healthcare equipment producer 3M, global payments giant Mastercard and pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences. WealthO2 co-founder and managing director Shannon Bernasconi said the new ...

Chi-X releases viral TraCRs stocks

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... pandemic. This includes video conferencing service Zoom, protective healthcare equipment provider 3M, payments giant Mastercard, supermarket conglomerate Walmart and anti-viral pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences. Following today's announcement, there ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... some short term pain for long term gain. For example, it may take some time for payments companies such as Visa and Mastercard to benefit from an increase in digital commerce, because they will also take a hit from less commercial activity generally. ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... exist. Other than Facebook, notable Libra backers include Calibra, Uber, Spotify and Vodafone, however PayPal, eBay, Mastercard, Stripe, Visa, Mercado Pago and Bookings Holdings left the Libra Association following widely publicised US senate meetings ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... second-largest in Australian history at the time. Among its backers are Tencent Holdings, Sequoia China, Square Peg Capital and MasterCard. After an up and down year, Afterpay scraped into the top 50, dropping 21 places from its 2018 ranking to reach ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... cost for QHAL is 0.43% per annum. Top holdings in both ETFs include Microsoft, Apple and Google, Walt Disney, Visa, Mastercard and Johnson & Johnson and Nestle. "QHAL gives investors peace of mind that their returns won't be eroded by the impact ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... in aggregate." Vontobel has "dialled up" investments in high-growth staples and stocks such as credit card company Mastercard and Unilever at different points in time to make up for the divestments. The manager did not disclose what percentage of the ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... by Bank of America later that month. Arjuna Capital is still awaiting response from Bank of New York Mellon, AmEx, Mastercard, Reinsurance Group, Progressive Insurance and J.P. Morgan. Arjuna Capital managing partner Natasha Lamb said the flood gates ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... Boston-based impact investment firm Arjuna Capital. In 2017 Arjuna Capital also issued resolutions to Bank of America, MasterCard, American Express, JP Morgan, and Wells Fargo. Citi also originally rejected the proposal. Responding to shareholder pressure ...