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Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... increase in their usage. Trading volumes are 30 times higher than average trading volumes," Vynokur told Financial Standard yesterday. "The liquidity has been fantastic. We are seeing trading of over a $100 million every day in these ETFs. BBOZ has done ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share Fund and the Colonial First State Developing Companies Fund ...

National Stock Exchange names new chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Technology Index late last month. The NSX said its current interim chief executive, Tom Price, stepped down from the role yesterday. However, he will remain a non-executive director of the exchange. In the release, Karantzis was heralded for his wealth ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as the benchmark fell 7.3% or 455 points. It was the biggest intraday percentage fall for the local benchmark since the ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... its diversification. Appearing before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee in Canberra yesterday, Arndt was asked about the Future Fund's capacity to handle the investment impact of the coronavirus by Tasmanian Greens ...

HUB24 also in line at Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... about $12 million, priority claims owed to employees of about $2 million and intercompany loans of about $75 million. EY yesterday said it had found a potential buyer for the eight companies, and entered an exclusive sales agreement with them. The creditors ...

Sargon finds buyer for trustee business

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... this month, after Sargon's Chinese lender forced it into external administration over missed payments on a loan. Yesterday, OneVue Holdings chief executive Connie Mckeage said the company understood it was the only "material" creditor of the trustee ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
The government's superannuation guarantee amnesty bill was waved through the Senate yesterday, almost two full years after it was first introduced to the parliament. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2019 yesterday ...

Short seller bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... accused an ASX-listed agricultural fund of running "scams" was dealt a blow in a Supreme Court judgment handed down yesterday. Texas-based Bonitas Research previously alleged Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF) was overstating its net assets and fudging profits ...

QSuper member drags board to court, loses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... decision on his total permanent disability (TPD) benefit interest involved "errors of law". In the judgment handed down yesterday, the court dismissed Chapman's appeal and asked him to pay QSuper's costs, which was represented by Mills Oakley ...