Yesterday
US regulators approve ether ETF in latest crypto milestone
The SEC has signed off on a spot ETF that invests directly in the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. The digital asset has already jumped 50 per cent this year.
- Emily Graffeo
This Month
The Aussie funds that beat bitcoin and big tech
It was often savvy bets at the smaller end of the market that shot the top-performing fund managers to the top of the leader table in the last financial year.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
Not rich enough! Why my financial adviser dumped me
Half a million Australians have been ‘sacked’ by their financial planners as firms clamour to win wealthier clients.
- Penny Wise
Popularity of sustainable ETFs dives to lowest in a decade
Platinum Asset Management will terminate its Global Transition Fund due to low demand.
- Michelle Bowes and Joanna Mather
- Opinion
- Bonds
Markets owe it to themselves to fill in the black holes
Questions are being asked over bond market trading because market players no longer feel the incentive to police their own reputations among their own number.
- Les Hosking
The surprising asset class the rich are using to build wealth
An increasing number of seasoned and wealthy investors are increasing their exposure to ETFs, an asset class that has been typically associated with the young.
- Michelle Bowes
Aussie ETFs top $200b as investors flood back to stocks
Strong performance from funds exposed to global equities are drawing investors and fund managers to the fast-growing local ETF market.
- Joshua Peach
Why Morgan Stanley says this ASX 200 ETF is the best
Exchange-traded funds that track a major index continue to grow in popularity among investors, but which one is better?
- Michelle Bowes
June
- Updated
- Cryptocurrencies
Launch of ASX’s first bitcoin ETF sparks price war
The launch on Thursday morning has drawn a strong response from competitors operating on a rival exchange.
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- Joshua Peach
ASX bitcoin ETF launch opens gates to wider cryptocurrency industry
The markets watchdog has told investors to “only put in what they are prepared to lose” after Australia’s main exchange operator opened the door to bitcoin.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
NAB clarifies crypto strategy with investment in Zodia Custody
NAB Ventures joins Standard Chartered and Northern Trust on the register of London-based Zodia, revealing NAB’s crypto play may involve custody services.
- James Eyers
NSW budget winners; Bitcoin ETFs arrive in Oz; 15 ASX stock picks
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
The bitcoin ETF wave has arrived in Australia
VanEck is launching a cut-price bitcoin ETF as investors eye cryptocurrency and gold as hedges against geopolitical risk.
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Story of change in rise of Betashares, decline of Perpetual and AMP
The shift from active to passive management is changing the face of Australia’s financial sector. Unaffordable housing could shift things again.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
Singapore’s Temasek snaps up $300m stake in ETF provider Betashares
The privately owned, Sydney-headquartered firm is one of the largest local providers of exchange-traded fund products with $38 billion under management.
- Kylar Loussikian
ASX greenlights first bitcoin ETF in landmark listing
VanEck’s bitcoin ETF is expected to list next week, marking the first direct exposure to the emerging asset class on Australia’s primary exchange.
- Joshua Peach
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Why cryptocurrencies are surging again
Crypto enthusiasts believe bitcoin could soon eclipse its previous record high of close to $US74,000 amid growing cheer about interest rate cuts and hopes of looser regulations.
- Karen Maley
ASIC trains its sights on private equity
The regulator is trying to work out what’s caused the slump in public listings, and whether this has triggered problems that ASIC needs to tackle.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May
- Exclusive
- Investing
Macquarie stokes ETF price war, slashes fees to 3 basis points
Macquarie wants to shake up the asset management sector with ETFs charging management fees as low as 3 basis points.
- Tom Richardson
Australian ETF winners had returns as high as 153pc
US megacap tech stocks and cryptocurrencies proved profitable investments in the last year, according to the latest top-performing ETF data – alongside some other surprise standouts.
- Joshua Peach
