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Crypto mining ETF launches

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Following the launch of other crypto themed ETFs, Cosmos Asset Management has joined the party and launched a digital mining fund. The Cosmos Global Digital Miners Access (DIGA) launched on the Chi-X today and aims to provide investors with access to ...

News Corp grows Dow Jones with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
News Corp is expanding Dow Jones by entering into an agreement to acquire the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) from S&P Global and IHS Markit. OPIS will fold into Dow Jones' Professional Information Business (PIB) which includes Dow Jones Risk & ...

S&P launches new ESG tilted NZ index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices has introduced a new NZX 50 portfolio ESG tilted index. The rules-based index uses relevant ESG principles to select and weight constituents from the S&P/NZX 50 Portfolio Index, which is designed to measure the performance of the ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
With Catholic Super and Equipsuper set to officially merge at the end of the month, chair Andrew Fairley will hand over the reins - but he has "no interest in going home to mow the lawns". After more than 12 years at the helm of Equip, two of which ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Wall Street's down! All four US benchmark equity indices dropped overnight - the Dow by 1.99; the S&P 500 by 2.1%; the Nasdaq composite by 2.7%; and the Russell 2000 by 3.3%. The yield on 10-year US bonds increased to 1.70% from 1.62% the day before. ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Morningstar introduces new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Morningstar has launched a new platform that helps advisers, traders and market analysts stay on top of market movements. Morningstar Market Monitoring provides real-time data, market insights and newsfeeds. The platform has 40 configurable web components ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
With the window to complete the FASEA exam narrowing, financial advisers are being urged to maximise the number of attempts they make. In correspondence with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), FASEA chief executive ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Pandemic? What pandemic? The S&P500 index the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2020 at record highs despite the US topping the list of countries with most total cases of coronavirus infections (21.3 million or roughly 25% of the world's total) ...