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Bitcoin ETFs given green light by US regulator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a landmark moment for the legitimisation of the world's largest cryptocurrency. The SEC approved 11 Bitcoin ETF application from major institutional ...

BlackRock to cull 3% of global workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
BlackRock is laying off around 3% of its global workforce to best position itself for a "new environment," chief executive Larry Fink and president Rob Kapito announced in a memo sent to staff on January 9. "As we prepare for 2024 and this very exciting ...

BlackRock grows private credit business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
BlackRock has upped the number of private credit specialists in its antipodean team by recruiting a Nomura operative. Based in Sydney, Stephen Allan has been appointed head of Australasia and will lead the origination and sourcing of private credit ...

HUB24 unveils new offering for lower balance clients

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
HUB24's new Discover offering is aimed at early-stage wealth accumulators and later-stage retirees, providing cost-effective access to a streamlined selection of managed portfolios. The Discover offering, now available on HUB24 Invest, Super and Pension ...

BlackRock plans to launch Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
BlackRock submitted a filing in Delaware to establish an iShares Ethereum Trust last week, while NASDAQ has proposed to list and trade its shares. In June, the $9 trillion asset manager similarly registered a Bitcoin trust, which was closely followed ...

Maple-Brown Abbott names distribution heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Maple-Brown Abbott has made several senior promotions in its distribution team amid business growth and higher demand for its strategies. The fund manager has named Simon Beram, its former senior investment specialist, as the new head of institutional ...

Industry fund chief steps down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
The long-standing chief executive of a $6.7 billion industry fund will leave December 1, after nearly two decades at the helm. Prime Super chief executive Lachlan Baird, who's held the role since 2005 and presided over "considerable change and growth" ...

MLC Life names operations, people chiefs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
MLC Life Insurance made two executive appointments who will each lead the operations and human resources departments. Jane Murray has been named chief operating officer after serving as chief operating and people officer for the last nine months. Murray ...

Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
Macquarie Group broke into the world's top 50 largest fund manager rankings with US$543 billion in assets, making it the only Australian fund manager on the list. The latest analysis by the Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows ...

Three actively managed funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Three actively managed Australian share funds from BlackRock, Yarra Capital Management, and Platypus Asset Management have shuttered in recent weeks. The Platypus Systematic Growth Fund, which invests in up to 110 local equities, is shuttering after ...