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Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The local ETF market is expected to see net inflows of over $50 billion this year, bringing total funds under management (FUM) to $300 billion, according to new analysis from State Street. The growth, driven by increased active strategies, expansion ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... executive order establishing a working group tasked with, amongst other things, evaluating the potential for a 'national digital asset stockpile', akin to America's oil reserve, and proposing a regulatory framework for the issuance and operation of cryptocurrencies," ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... robust crypto investment solutions to local investors amid the gradual evolution of investor portfolios." The latest digital asset ETFs follow the launch of the Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF (ASX: CRYP) in 2021. Separately, VanEck announced it's cutting ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Cbus delivered double-digit returns in 2024, helping to propel its members' assets to the $100 billion mark. The default Growth (MySuper) investment option generated returns of 10.77% for 2024. The fund's High Growth investment option, returned ...

ASIC sues Binance over customer protection failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... use the full range of regulatory and enforcement tools to safeguard consumers and uphold market integrity in the digital asset sector." ASIC said it will be seeking penalties, declarations, and adverse publicity orders.

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... with a "modest allocation" to Bitcoin, even as other industry heavyweights stand resolute in their rejection of the digital asset. Last week, AMP senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg made public that the fund had "took the plunge" into crypto, with its ...

Crypto operator to fork out millions after court ruling

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... firms to consider their regulatory compliance obligations," Longo said. ASIC maintains that many products offered by digital asset firms are captured by the current law, requiring them to be "properly designed and marketed to the right consumers." A ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
More than 50% of investors are expecting to increase their exposure to private markets over the next 18 months, with infrastructure and private debt managers expected to benefit most. That's according to bfinance's latest Global Asset Owner Survey ...

Gensler to leave SEC in January

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... the US the "crypto capital of the planet." This also involves establishing an expert advisory council comprising digital asset industry executive. Commenting on his departure, Gensler described the SEC as a remarkable agency. "The staff and the Commission ...

Monochrome launches Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has launched an Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) on stock exchange Cboe Australia today. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) aims to give investors a return that matches the price of Ethereum in Australian dollars; it has ...