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BetaShares unveils interest rate hedged bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... outstanding of at least $250 million and a term to maturity of between 5.25 and 10.25 years. It also uses bond futures contracts to substantially reduce interest rate risk. Similarly, the hedging strategy contained in HCRD aims to reduce volatility and ...

VanEck carbon credits ETF set to hit ASX

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... markets tracked by the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index make up most of the volume of all trading in carbon-credit futures contracts. As of December 2021, the four largest global carbon credit futures markets tracked by ICE Global Carbon Index had a combined ...

Superhero offers access to Bitcoin ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... futures - not spot Bitcoin. "It's worth highlighting that both the ProShares and Valkyrie ETFs will hold Bitcoin Futures contracts, not spot Bitcoin. So, while this is a really positive thing for the maturation of the industry, it isn't necessarily a ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... the IPM Global Macro Fund invested in exotic strategies, namely exchange-traded government bond, equity index futures contracts and equity volatility index futures contracts, and over-the-counter foreign exchange forward contracts with exposure to developed ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... cash market in bitcoin has been the target of fraud and manipulation, which could affect the pricing of bitcoin futures contracts," it said. The Global Allocation Fund invests in global equities as well as debt across 40 countries and 30 currencies ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... expected oil prices to stabilise after an OPEC deal to cut production by 30% due to oversupply, but May WTI futures contracts soon went negative for the first time as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns. 8. Vanguard firms up super team (January 22) Vanguard ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... precious metals trading desk in New York, London and Singapore engaged in a scheme to buy and sell precious metals futures contracts, including gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Between March 2008 and August 2016, traders placed tens of thousands ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Department of Justice alleged, spanned over eight years and involved thousands of unlawful trades for precious metals futures contracts. Those charged included Michael Nowak, a former managing director at J.P. Morgan who ran the banks global precious ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... favour of higher prices (at best) or stable prices at current prices (at worst). But this failed to stop US oil futures contracts expiring on April 21 for May delivery sinking to minus US$36.98 a barrel as oil storages filled up and therefore, nowhere ...

Gold rally continues to hit new highs

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... there is further upside for gold, as investors desperate for an inflationary hedge send prices soaring higher. Futures contracts for gold hit all-time highs on Monday, but have since dropped as investors cash in on profits from the yellow metal. The ...
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