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ASX listings dwindle as companies abandon public markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
The number of publicly listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has plummeted over the past year, according to its latest monthly activity report. The ASX saw a decrease of nearly 100 listings over the past year, signalling reduced ...

European private equity strategy launches down under

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... feeder fund in the form of a unit trust. The fund invests in private equity strategies targeting software and services companies. Private markets technology platform S64 Capital appointed Matt Stovold in June as head of Australia and New Zealand. Stovold ...

New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
The firm aims to navigate Australian companies through the complex landscape of investor expectations and corporate governance, it said. Founded by Marc Stanghieri, the former head of mergers and acquisitions at Morrow Sodali, PGS Advisers plans to ...

Global X launches defence technology ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... sectors "driving the future of defence." The Global X Defence Tech ETF (ASX: DTEC) will afford investors access to global companies, such as those in artificial intelligence (AI), drones, and cybersecurity, at the "forefront of defence innovation," with ...

Vale Todd Guyot

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... accept our deepest condolences." During his tenure at Regal, Guyot managed the multi-award winning Regal Australian Small Companies Fund alongside King and James Sioud. The fund has consistently ranked as one of the top performing small cap funds in ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... of individual funds underperformed their assigned benchmark. "Accompanied by the outperformance of the very largest companies, the first half of 2024 proved to be a particularly difficult market environment for active managers across developed equity ...

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
Betashares has launched an ETF that targets companies dedicated to manufacturing weapons and military equipment and technology. Betashares Global Defence ETF was admitted on the ASX on October 4 under the ticker code ARMR. It invests in up to 60 companies ...

FCX granted 'historic' market licence by ASIC, RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The licences enable the FCX Market to trade securities in private and unlisted public companies and interests in managed investment schemes, creating the world's only distributed ledger enabled, fully regulated private ...

MFF Capital Investments to acquire Montaka Global Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... researched important structural economic and business transformations with significant investment opportunities, including companies that have expanded into profitable adjacencies which enhance customer experiences and core businesses," MFF said. "In ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... the friction that sits within the financial system, we do think is very, very interesting. And there are a number of companies, particularly the listed arena predominately in the US, that we're invested in, that do provide access to those sort of underlying ...