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Reserve Bank explores digital currency potential

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... transition should be achievable, if done correctly, without significant financial disruption," the report said. "... a digital USD might be necessary just to maintain the global dominance of the dollar in the face of international competition; this reality ...

Crypto lures executives despite ongoing uncertainty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
A new report from ETF Securities suggests more people from traditional financial institutions are leaving their jobs for crypto companies. According to the report, the most recent move was from three J.P. Morgan executives. After a little over 21 years ...

ETF Securities launches fixed income options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
ETF Securities is expanding its product range with the launch of a US Treasury Bond fund and a USD high-yield corporate bond fund. The new funds are the ETFS US Treasury Bond ETF and ETFS USD High Yield Bond ETF (both currency hedged). ETF Securities ...

BlackRock backs stablecoin issuer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... with investments from BlackRock and Fidelity Management and Research. The global internet finance firm is also the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies with over US$50 billion in circulation. In addition to ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Australia has the largest growth rate of any country in the study over the past two decades at an average of 11.3% per year in USD terms. Willis Towers Watson puts this down to several factors, including the dominant defined contributions structure ...

Investors should embrace alternatives: J.P. Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... classes and highlights the views of the chief executive officers, chief investment officers and strategists from the firm's USD 200+ billion alternatives platform. "Our 2022 Global Alternatives Outlook is focused on helping our clients see the forest ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... transition should be achievable, if done correctly, without significant financial disruption," the report reads. "... a digital USD might be necessary just to maintain the global dominance of the dollar in the face of international competition; this ...

Morrison & Co launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... energy sector, other utilities, and data infrastructure. It has an objective to provide investors with an 8-10% per annum gross USD return, and will take a responsible investment approach, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050. "We are seeing a continued ...

Super funds up offshore investments: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... allocation, just as they would for any other asset class, he said. The survey also found that funds that fully hedged their AUD/USD exposure during FY21 added about 6% to member returns. Funds that applied a hedge ratio to their international equity ...

Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Total Return Debt Fund came in second place with a 5.8% annual return on a three-year basis, followed by iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bonds (AUD hedged) ETF which returned 5.6%. Rounding out the top five was the iShares Core Global Corporate ...