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BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... diversification across countries and sectors. The iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond ETF (ASX: AGGG), hedged to the Australian dollar, will be priced at 0.18% and is expected to list on the ASX in early November. The ETF will be benchmarked to the Bloomberg ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
State Street Markets' latest research indicates institutional investors are overweight on risk and appear to be content with that position. The State Street Risk Appetite Index for September remained positive, continuing a five-month streak of upbeat ...

Controversial US policy to benefit Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... scenario by 2030. This will further stimulate spending and demand in Australia, leading to the appreciation of the Australian Dollar compared to the US," it said. EY said the change is expected to occur gradually over five years to 2030, and as a result ...

UBS shutters international shares fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... fund invested across a wide range of countries and currencies, with some of the assets partially hedged to the Australian dollar. According to Rainmaker Information, the fund had a net asset value of $12.5 million as of August 31 and returned 11.22% ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... fastest-scaling asset class in financial history, and demand from exchanges, wealth platforms and fintechs for compliant Australian dollar rails is at an all-time high," Carnegie said. "Macropod will deliver the trust, scale and connectivity institutions ...

ASIC makes 'first-of-its-kind' exemption to broaden digital asset access

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... AUDM issued by Catena Digital. Catena Digital was granted an AFSL about two months ago when it launched the Australian dollar-denominated stablecoin. According to ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631, the instrument ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... GDP, and an overseas portfolio share approaching three-quarters," he said. "All of this may be great news for Australian dollar volumes. But it also puts us bang at the heart of a quite exceptional period of uncertainty about the future direction of ...

Betashares launches first private credit fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Betashares has launched the first offering from its newly established private capital division, the Betashares Private Capital Cliffwater Private Credit Fund. The unlisted fund provides wholesale investors and financial advisers with cost-effective ...

Loftus Peak to launch hedged Global Disruption active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... capital component of the foreign currency exposure of the fund derived from offshore investments back to the Australian dollar. It will hold the same investments as the Loftus Peak Global Disruption Active ETF, including Amazon, Eli Lilly, Meta, Microsoft ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... equities exposures by funds have also been a strong contributor to total returns, as has the depreciation of the Australian dollar relative to the US dollar," said David Gallagher, executive director of research at Rainmaker Information. "Notwithstanding ...