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ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... insufficient to boost the market, with Australian equities flows down 44% to $791 million, while investors flocked to commodities like gold which has surged 135% to $249 million in the month. This comes as the market is on track to hit $300 billion at ...

Quant fund taps new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... Trend Fund, employs a proprietary directional futures model to trade more than 70 international markets, including commodities, currencies, long-term government bonds, short-term interest rates, and equity indices. "We've now delivered a five-year track ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... leader on annual growth rates - on an aggregate basis - across all economic metrics. "There is little to separate the commodities and tourism-heavy states, with Queensland ranked first or second on five of the eight key economic indicators," CommSec ...

Global ETF inflows hit US$2tn: ETFGI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... of US$532.3 billion reported in the year prior. Fixed income ETFs gathered net inflows of US$314.3 billion, while commodities ETFs gained US$3.9 billion. Active ETFs attracted net inflows of US$374.3 billion, which was double the previous year's ...

Investors should stay the course in 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... [as] US equities are on the expensive side," she added. "There are enough opportunities [outside the US] including commodities like electric vehicles spreading rapidly across emerging markets. "[However] within US equities, small caps is probably the ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... million in commissions. Courtenay House promised stellar returns to investors by trading in foreign exchange and futures commodities when it was not licensed to do so. While the court found that Sipina was not aware that Courtenay House was running as ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... members by investing in tradeable assets, including equity and bond futures, VIX futures, currencies, and traditional commodities like gold, copper, and oil - was done "following testing and careful consideration by the investment team." She said that ...

Macquarie reports $1.6bn net profit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... "annuity-style activities" - which are undertaken by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), BFS, and select businesses in Commodities and Global Markets (CGM) - delivered a combined net profit of $1.6 billion. This was a 25% increase from the first half of ...

IMF issues stark inflation warning for Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... countries," the IMF said. "Likewise, in emerging market and developing economies, disruptions to production and shipping of commodities-especially oil-conflicts, civil unrest, and extreme weather events have led to downward revisions to the outlook for ...

Charges dropped against Macquarie adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... of his clients while working for Macquarie Equities in the form of MINI warrants (shares, indices, currencies, or commodities). It was alleged he misrepresented the value of clients' portfolio on 19 separate occasions, engaged in trading without ...