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Advisers show growing interest in ASX-listed Bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... manages 12 crypto ETPs, and its MarketVector index subsidiary was the first to launch a definitive suite of digital asset indexes with its flagship Bitcoin & Ethereum Benchmark Rates." In Australia, VanEck has been engaged with bringing a spot Bitcoin ...

Quality is worth paying for in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... technical factors, including currently high US Treasury supply. Meantime, UBS CIO expects a moderate rally in global equity indexes next year as earnings grow, and as interest rates and bond yields fall. "In our base-case, we see the S&P 500 rising to ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... value equities, active funds demonstrate superiority, while passive funds remain dominant in markets with representative indexes. According to the research house's inaugural Australian Active/Passive Barometer, active funds in the Australian mid/small ...

Munro Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... medium capitalisation equities with the potential for capital growth. The recent underperformance of small and mid-cap indexes also provide attractive opportunities to invest in a portfolio of high-quality and fast-growing companies, she added. Ma said ...

Betashares carves slice of superannuation pie

CHLOE WALKER, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... fixed interest, or property. This is because very few of these investment strategies beat the capital market benchmark indexes. Indeed, in international equities, the top performers are almost always indexed options. "The biggest advantage market players ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... investment and sustainability Dugald Higgins said fund managers "need to tread with care" when it comes to using and assessing indexes as part of fund construction. "The ACCC have recently released draft guidelines on environmental and sustainability ...

MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Egypt. MSCI announced it will continue to consult with market participants on potentially reclassifying the MSCI Nigeria Indexes until September end, with a view to release the results the following month. Nigeria is currently classified as a Frontier ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... opportunities." "The ever-expanding selection of thematic ETFs alongside core ETFs that track benchmark share and bond market indexes as well as important commodities such as gold is allowing investors to build entire portfolios using ETFs. This is happening ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in September, up 8.2% over the last year. Increases in the shelter, food, and medical care indexes were the largest of many contributors to the monthly seasonally adjusted all items increase. Though, these increases were partly ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... because passive smart beta investing operates according to a binary set of rules. These passive, smart beta strategies track indexes that don't frequently buy and sell individual stocks, keeping transaction costs low." "The final reason passive smart ...
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