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Best and worst performing ETFs revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
... by combining investor funds with borrowed capital. At the other end of the spectrum, Global X Ultra Short Nasdaq 100 Hedge Fund (SNAS) was the worst performer with a -40.5% return over 12 months. A $1000 investment one year ago would have resulted in ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... Betashares Crude Oil Index ETF - Currency Hedged (Synthetic), which dropped 6.1%, and the Betashares Australian Strong Bear Hedge Fund, which fell 5.8%. Meanwhile, the biggest inflows were seen in the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF, attracting ...

AustralianSuper expands US footprint, names executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
... (formerly Julius Baer Investment Management), and before that worked in senior roles at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, hedge fund The Ericott Group, and State Street. They are joined by three new hires. Damien Mitchell and Andrew Osborne are both senior ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Venture capitalist Mark Carnegie's MHC Digital Group and fintech Circle have teamed up on a plan to ramp up USDC stablecoin distribution in Australia and Asia Pacific, exploring institutional use cases. USDC is a fully reserved stablecoin, with over ...

Mercer names investment solutions lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... Advice Association, an investment research firm in the robo-advice sector and chief operating officer of a boutique hedge fund established by the chair of AIMA Australia.

Former director sentenced for misappropriating investor funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The former director of Reiwa-Capital has been sentenced to home detention after he was found guilty of misappropriating $440,000 of investors' funds, including gambling some of it. Russell Sandiford was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment ...

Melbourne adviser sentenced to 18 months' prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... 2015, Grimm dishonestly transferred shares and convertible notes owned by a client's SMSF to Equity Capital Partners Hedge Fund, without adequately advising his client that it was a company of which he was the sole director, and in which he had a personal ...

abrdn closes hedge fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
abrdn has terminated a hedge fund that achieved negative returns since inception and failed to gain investor interest. The abrdn Global Risk Mitigation Fund closed on August 30. abrdn said due to changing demand, "the fund size has become smaller over ...

Future Fund annual return 'very strong'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... where equities were the only strongly performing traditional asset class, many of our positions, and in particular our hedge fund portfolio, really delivered," he said. Meanwhile, Future Fund chair Greg Combet said the long-term investment success of ...

Australia a 'regional private wealth hotspot': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Australia is a top regional private wealth hotspot, with the greatest proportion of investors, many of whom are looking to alternatives, according to a Preqin report. The data provider's report highlighted that among all private wealth investors in ...