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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF: A landmark institutional event?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... in April 2024. The Bitcoin halving is a pre-scheduled event, occurring around every four years, in which the reward for mining new blocks - verifying the transactions on the blockchain - is cut by 50%. This mechanism, built into Bitcoin's code, effectively ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... for his expertise in government, investment, climate policy, and industrial relations, as well as a background in coal mining engineering, Combet will chair the Net Zero Agency. He will resign as chair of IFM Investors and ISA effective from June 30. ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... employee satisfaction, address labour shortages, enhance training, and improve safety, particularly in high-risk sectors like mining. However, widespread job losses may disproportionately affect minority groups and low-wage workers already facing financial ...

The Australian small-cap conundrum: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... home," said VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron. "For example, many small unprofitable mining companies listed on the ASX are in the infant stage of the business cycle to raise capital for exploration or mine development." ...

FS Sustainability reveals ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... caps." The 50 professionals on this list work at a variety of companies from financials, to fast moving consumer goods to mining, with the common good of protecting the long-term performance of their companies across a vast range of material ESG issues. ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... production and maintenance: copper, and lithium and battery tech. Minerals used in renewables Global X's research found that mining revenue for cleantech-related disruptive materials could grow from $41 billion in 2020 to $261 billion in 2040, with ...

SQM reveals top, worst rated ASX200 equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... Stanmore Resources with an overall rating of 3.75. This is followed by Wistech Global (3.65), AUB Group (3.6), Perseus Mining (3.59), and Cochlear (3.38). The company to receive the poorest rating is HomeCo on 0.99. The other companies to sit at the ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... professional investors around the world are set to boost allocations to gold and gold miners, according to new research by mining company Tresor Gold. The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 billion assets under management ...

Industry fund merger advances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... continues to be aligned in creating a sustainable fund which protects and promotes the retirement savings of workers in the mining and transport industries." Previously, Sherry and Langby also said: "Mine Super and TWUSUPER share the vision of creating ...

ETF industry continues growth: Betashares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... leading to strong gains in Bitcoin and crypto products. The same goes for technology exposures more generally, while gold mining products also rallied strongly. There was two new products launched in March, which were both active ETFs. "An ESG-oriented ...