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Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... economic outlook. The report, written by UBS economists George Tharenou and Nic Guesnon, noted while the consumer price index (CPI) is well above the RBA's target, underlying inflation pressure remains evident. "Headline CPI in the third quarter of the ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... demonstrate strong and consistent free cash flow generation. Some of the companies include Microsoft, Visa and Adobe. The index it will track has outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by 2.31% per annum since May 2006, the fund manager said. ...

More than $17m paid in CFD-related remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... Capital Com Australia, CMC Markets Asia Pacific, Eightcap, IG Australia, Pepperstone Group, Saxo Capital Markets, and City Index were forced to pay remediation. Of the amount paid, $13.1 million went to 523 clients of Oztures Trading, which traded as ...

VanEck launches AUD-hedged equity ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... VanEck's QSML and MOAT ETFs have both exceeded their benchmarks, with QSML outpacing the MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index by 8.92% and MOAT besting the S&P by 4.45%.

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... to reduce this risk." In response to these concerns, a Future Fund spokesperson said that the investments in question are index tracking and are widely held by other investors. "We fully comply with Australian government sanctions and these investments ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Morningstar has revealed that in sectors such as Australia mid/small blend and local large value equities, active funds demonstrate superiority, while passive funds remain dominant in markets with representative indexes. According to the research house's ...

E-commerce giant retreats from super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... ultra-low fee" superannuation fund. The product launched just shy of a year later in August 2019, drawing interest as an index-only superannuation offering. At the time, it said the fund would leverage Kogan's digital efficiency, blending its expertise ...

Hejaz rolls out Australia's first Sukuk ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... today, comprising a diversified portfolio of Sharia-compliant Sukuk investments from the Bloomberg Global Aggregate USD Sukuk index. Distinct from traditional bonds that generate yield through debt interest, Sukuk are asset-backed financial certificates. ...

Munro Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... companies with a market capitalisation between US$250 million and US$30 billion, aiming to outperform the MSCI ACWI SMID Cap Index (Net) over a rolling five-to-seven-year period. The minimum initial investment in the fund is $10,000. Ma said the fund ...

Betashares launches currency-hedged FTSE 100 ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... global blue-chip companies. According to Betashares, the ETF will track the performance of the AUD currency-hedged FTSE 100 Index, before fees and expenses. This index offers exposure to the largest 100 companies by market capitalisation traded on the ...