Today
The year’s best-performing ETF is not what you think
Among a proliferation of niche ETFs specialising in everything from robotics to music royalties is this one, which backs video game developers. It is soaring.
This Month
This massive handout could pump your SMSF up by $665,058
SMSFs get a huge income boost from the franking credits paid on ASX dividends. Here are eight to consider.
Betashares ties up with InvestSense in managed accounts shake-up
The deal, signed on Sunday, will see the firm, better known for its ETFs, merge with the Sydney-based portfolio management and investment consultancy.
10 yield plays that pay double the RBA cash rate. Should you buy?
Listed private credit companies are garnering attention as the Reserve Bank prepares for another interest rate cut.
June
How to hack your way to a family office (with ETFs)
You might not have the money for a family office, but it’s possible to build a portfolio that gives you similar returns with exchange-traded funds.
Index shift at VanEck Gold Miners ETF causes ripples Down Under
One of the world’s oldest and largest gold miners ETFs is ditching 22 names from its fund amid an index shift.
Australia’s top ETF this year has already surged 50pc
As Donald Trump pressures countries to up their military spending, local investors have been piling in ASX-listed defence funds.
Gold tipped to hit $US4000 if greenback continues slide
Analysts say the price of bullion could reach fresh records in the next 12 months if the US dollar drops further amid the uncertainty of the Trump administration.
Investors bet on bitcoin over gold in Trump’s trade war
A massive $87.3 million flowed into Australia bitcoin ETFs last month, almost 60 times what was spent on gold-backed funds.
Betashares to expand into private credit after ETFs hit $50b
The exchange-traded funds giant, backed by Singapore’s Temasek and Boston-based TA Associates, sees a big opportunity at the polar ends of the market.
May
ETF Shares shops at rival for chief operating officer
The new venture has nabbed Global X senior portfolio manager William Taylor as its chief operating officer.
Should you swap your traditional ETFs for equal-weighted ones?
Market cap indexes are vulnerable to concentration risk, but there is an alternative in the form of equal-weighted index investing.
The best place to park your cash now the RBA has cut again
The days of the term deposit as the only option for retail investors when it comes to cash are over, thanks to a whole new suite of exchange-traded funds.
How to build an ETF portfolio that can survive Trump turbulence
Donald Trump is changing long-held market assumptions so we asked ETF experts to build portfolios to cope.
The next financial services minister must be a crypto advocate
The next government can either help the next generation of financial infrastructure or consign us to the role of passive consumer in a system built by others.
Australian investors rake it in after buying the dip on Wall Street
Local investors piled into the US sharemarket last month despite Trump’s trade war wreaking havoc on equities. The risky bet is now paying dividends.
April
Tuckwell gets back into the ETF biz with Global X, VanEck rival
Street Talk understands the firm, dubbed ETF Shares, will launch three international equity-focused ETFs on Cboe early next month.
One surprising group sailed through the Trump turmoil - here’s how
As markets plunged, jumped, slumped and soared around them, the one thing this group didn’t do was panic.
March
The market playbooks are being rewritten after just three months
We’re in uncharted waters and people are listening to the captain to differing degrees, but there is a truckload of money to be made somewhere.
As defence stocks rocket fund managers rethink ethics
Amid a global ramp-up in security spending bolstered by Donald Trump, fear of missing out is prompting some of the biggest fundies to reconsider war shares.