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Fed cut will not move the dial for RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The US Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut in four years, reducing the official cash rate by 50 basis points, but experts say the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is still not in a position to do the same. Yesterday's official unemployment ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Challenger has selected State Street to provide administration and custody services, saying the partnership will support several new global business initiatives. The decision will see some Artega Investment Administration staff transition to the custody ...

MLC Asset Management names director of institutional distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
MLC Asset Management has appointed a director of institutional distribution and consultant relations. Former Schroders Investment Management head of intermediary sales Ian Anderson is the new hire. Anderson previously led a sales team at Schroders ...

Cbus taps ex-AustralianSuper equities chief for 'critical role'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Cbus has appointed a former AustralianSuper equities chief to serve as its head of portfolio construction. Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper as a senior portfolio manager in June 2019 before being promoted in August 2021, will take on the "critical ...

BitConnect promoter hit with good behaviour

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... July 2027. Bigatton promoted an online cryptocurrency platform known as the Lending Platform, which traded the BitConnect coin or BCC, on social media and seminars across the country between August 2017 and January 2018. In two of the seminars, Bigatton ...

Global X cuts management fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Global X ETFs will reduce the annual management fees for its Global X 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (Cboe: EBTC) and Global X 21Shares Ethereum ETF (Cboe: EETH), effective July 1. Both Australian-listed cryptocurrency products will see a reduction from 1.25% ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
The Federal Court has absolved Block Earner from paying a penalty for trading without a financial services licence, which ASIC believes should have been $350,000. While Judge Jackman determined that while Block Earner, which invested in cryptocurrency ...

Monochrome launches Bitcoin ETF amid first-mover dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has launched an Australian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF, which holds Bitcoin directly, is now available for trading on the Cboe Australia exchange. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF's (CBOE: IBTC) holdings are stored ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... business. He promoted The Lending Platform as an investment opportunity and to participate, investors had to acquire BitConnect coin (BCC), a cryptocurrency token offered by BitConnect through its website. The platform enabled lenders to invest or loan ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The top-performing investment funds for the year ending March 31 have been announced, with all being ETFs focused on international equities. The BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF (ASX: CRYP), with $158 million in net assets, led the pack with a 163.8% ...