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Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Betashares has rolled out Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs on the ASX today, saying the launches are part of a "global turning point" in the crypto investment landscape. The new funds - Betashares Bitcoin ETF (ASX: QBTC) and the Betashares Ethereum ETF (ASX ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) released new best practice guidance on family and domestic violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
ASIC is proposing additional relief for financial services businesses, which would scrap the need to report minor or technical breaches that don't result in a financial loss. The relief is intended to ease the compliance load on financial services ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
AustralianSuper has called for a modernised tax system, warning that without reform super funds will at the very least be bogged down by complexity and compliance costs - and likely left at a competitive disadvantage that could drag on returns. In its ...

Macquarie AM expands $300m active ETF platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has launched two actively managed fixed income ETFs, bringing its total offerings to seven - four in fixed income and three in equity - with over $300 million assets under management. The Macquarie Global Yield Maximiser ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Global tariffs could balloon to levels not seen since the turn of the century and result in higher inflation and interest rates, according to a top economist. Speaking at Financial Standard's Chief Economists Forum yesterday, Barrenjoey chief economist ...

Oaktree offers Star $650m lifeline

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Oaktree Capital has offered Star Entertainment a debt financing proposal to provide $650 million in two debt facilities with a term of five years. The proposal is subject to numerus conditions, including a comprehensive security package and intercreditor ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
AMP chief executive Alexis George has told Financial Standard that the company's 2024 financial year results were strong, despite its share price being caned since the announcement. George said that wealth business flows, excluding its bank, have ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Platforms have vastly improved their bulk processing capabilities, particularly as financial advisers come to dread the new fee consent renewal process, SuitabilityHub managing director Recep Peker says. This is one of the main findings in SuitabilityHub's ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The super sector's "underdeveloped" operational infrastructure has been highlighted as a main area of concern in a new research report from the Conexus Institute. The report highlighted failures in member servicing - which have been heightened in the ...