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Monochrome moves to list Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has filed an application to list an Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Cboe Australia. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) would passively hold Ethereum, which is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation ...

Platinum outflows drag performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... Platinum's contrarian approach to investing." "The 12 year-long bull market has generated strong client interest for passive investment products over actively managed investments, and flows have favoured 'growth-style' funds, which tend to ...

Hostplus adds investment options, makes fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
Hostplus has announced it is introducing three new investment options for members from October 1. The super fund said the new options are Indexed Growth, Indexed Conservative Balanced and Indexed Capital Stable. Indexed Growth will target 2.5% above ...

Global X chief to step down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Global X ETFs Australia chief executive Evan Metcalf will step down from his role at the end of October after a decade with the firm. During the transition period, chief operating officer Oliver Reynolds and head of sales Manny Damianakis will oversee ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
There are four key themes that will drive investment outcomes over the next generation, says La Trobe Financial's Michael Watson. Speaking at the Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) regional roadshow in Terrigal this morning, Watson outlined the four themes ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... positive impact on earnings. Additionally, price support has also been bolstered by global funds increasing ownership of passive funds. Notably, the major banks' weighted average price to fair value ration estimate is now 1.19 versus 1.14 last quarter. ...

Global X set to launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Global X will launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF (ASX: BANK) later this month, affording investors exposure to credit in the local banking sector. The ETF will track the performance of the Solactive Australian Bank Credit Index and will be Australia's ...

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Financial advisers are helping drive the shift to passive funds as they choose exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over active, unlisted managed funds as a core building block in clients' portfolios. According to Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia ...

Australian Retirement Trust delivers 11.3% in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... equities have held up the last couple of years." About half of the super fund's equity allocation is split across passive and active strategies. Meanwhile, the alternatives portfolio delivered "compelling returns" while real estate was the only detractor ...

Macquarie Asset Management launches low-cost active ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... well as long term core portfolio allocations, as they aim to deliver consistent excess returns. "There's still a role for passive investing at the core, but systematic active ETFs provide investors with the potential for better returns. This is because ...