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Superhero offers access to Bitcoin ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
Investing platform Superhero announced the availability of the first Bitcoin ETF to Australian investors, after it listed in the US yesterday. The ProShares Bitcoin ETF will be available to Australians using the Superhero platform to buy US shares. ...

Morningstar business development lead to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... head of business development for Australia and New Zealand as the incumbent readies to return to the United States. Phil Winter is remaining with Morningstar but leaving the local business; returning to Chicago at the end of the year with his family ...

Superhero launches super offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
The trading platform has launched a superannuation fund, which will allow members to choose their own investments at a stock-by-stock level. Superhero says Superhero Super will allow Australians total transparency and control over their super investments ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... salivating, wringing their hands and thanking their lucky stars. Those who don't are still pounding the pavement - winter, spring, summer and autumn - wishin' and hopin' and prayin' that one day, someday, they, too, will have the "Great ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... simply being priced out once again from the major capital cities. "Although we need to be mindful we're only days into the winter season, there is enough fuel for house price growth to be fired up again in the spring selling season by investors returning ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... arrivals annually and spent $2.7b in 2019" and "Australian holiday arrivals... made up 27% of holiday arrivals - but over winter this jumped to 43%"....and a mutually beneficial neighbourly relationship at that. Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran ...

Chief economist update: Light at the end of the Euro tunnel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... containment measures gradually ease. An improved outlook for the global economy is also set to support the recovery". In its 'Winter 2021 Economic Forecast' report, the EC predicts that overall GDP growth in 19 countries euro-member countries ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... for oil had been boosted by the cold weather in the US and in Asia at the start of the year. But this would go away when winter gives way to spring. Likewise, demand for oil would be crimped by the renewed lockdowns (in Europe and parts of Asia) in efforts ...

Superhero to launch super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Online trading platform Superhero will go after the $2.9 trillion superannuation market, launching an APRA-regulated fund in early 2021. While the super fund is open to everyone, it is eyeing members with an average age of 30 with a minimum of $10,000. ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... The new "plan" followed his "Plan for Jobs" scheme announced in early July this year, that was itself followed by the "Winter Economic Plan" declared in late September. For its part, the Bank of England (BOE) has left the monetary policy door open for ...