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Highest paid ASX 200 chief executives revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has disclosed the highest paid ASX 200 chief executives based on realised pay, which includes the value of cash and equity received.

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
VanEck has cut the management fee for its Bitcoin ETF (ASX: VBTC) to 0.49% per annum, just days after Monochrome Asset Management made a change.

Magellan fund to launch as active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Magellan's Global Fund (MGF) has converted to an open-class structure that will soon trade as an active exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX.

Platinum ends FY24 with $13bn FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
Platinum Asset Management ended the 2024 financial year with $13 billion in funds under management (FUM), down nearly 30% from the prior year.

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

Global X set to launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Global X will launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF (ASX: BANK) later this month, affording investors exposure to credit in the local banking sector.

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
SSGA has launched a new unlisted managed fund in Australia with a competitive management fee.

Robeco launches two new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The asset manager also announced a repositioning of two fixed income strategies.

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
Financial advisers are helping drive the shift to passive funds as they choose exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over active, unlisted managed funds as a core building block in clients' portfolios.

UK government to establish national wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
Delivering on a key election promise, the newly installed UK government will launch a National Wealth Fund in the coming days to ramp up private sector investment in infrastructure projects.