- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Tuckwell close to launching crypto ETF - Financial Review, 12/2/2021 ETF Securities chairman Graham Tuckwell is in pole position to launch Australia's first retail managed fund to invest…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On December 2, Graham Tuckwell, the chairman of EFT Securities, announced to launch Australia's first retail managed fund to invest directly in bitcoin or ethereum. Graham found the GOLD EFT on the ASX before with a focus on security. …

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Big Oil Search investors baulk at $21b merger - Financial Review, 12/1/2021 Angela Macdonald-Smith At least two big institutional investors in Oil Search have resolved to vote their shares…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On December 1, Oil, Search, the Papua New Guinea oil and gas producer, has Santos's $21 billion merger deal with its long-life, high-margin gas assets. …

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Omicron scare threatens to derail recovery - Financial Review, 11/29/2021 Australian shares are set to tumble today as worries about the new omicron COVID-19 variant quickly escalated over the…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On November 29, the concerns about the new omicron COVID-19 variant were increasing. The market expected a projected drop in Australian Shares after a 1.4% decline in the S&P/ASX200 last Friday.

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — CBA puts banks ahead of tech in crypto race - Financial Review, 11/4/2021 James Eyers and Jessica Sier Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn has put a stake in the ground for mainstream banks rather…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On November 4, CBA announced that its banking app would let its 6.5 million users buy and sell ten different digital coins. This high-quality and secure offering by CBA is with partnering with Gemini, a US-based exchange, and Chainalysis, which works with US law enforcement on compliance and monitoring. CBA…

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Market bets Westpac won't hit cost target - Financial Review, 11/3/2021 Westpac's ambitious plan to slash its annual operating costs from a bloated $13.3 billion to $8 billion in just three…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On November 3, Westpac's market value has slumped by about $10 billion in two days, with the surge in ongoing costs by 7.5% in the announcement of the full-year results on Monday.

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Westpac can fund the energy shift, says King - Financial Review, 11/2/2021 James Eyers and James Frost Westpac chief executive Peter King said its struggling institutional bank still has…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On November 2, under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, finalizing carbon market trading rules is expected as one of the most critical outcomes for COP26 in Glasgow this week. Financing the global energy transition is also a focus, especially for institutional banks.

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — On October 28, A broader war of words is between Fortescue and more established energy suppliers over the future of gas. Fortescue supports renewables-based green hydrogen. However, Santos and Woodside Petroleum advocate gas-based blue hydrogen by using carbon capture and storage (CCS) or offsets. …

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Price penalties no deterrent to MinRes plans - Financial Review, 10/27/2021 Savage price penalties on lower grade iron ore have slashed the profitability of Australian miners and reduced the…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On October 27, Mineral Resources, Australia’s fifth-biggest iron ore exporter by volume, was slashed by the savage price penalties on lower grade iron ore. On Monday, the “benchmark” price for ore with 62% iron was $US119.75 per tonne and the 58% iron was $US77 per tonne. The increased supply of…

- Reading The Australian Financial Review — Year's biggest IPO warns on ESG investing and digital giants - Financial Review, 10/25/2021 GQG Partners' Rajiv Jain, whose asset management group will list tomorrow in the year's largest initial public…todayspaper.smedia.com.au On October 25, UBS and Gold Sachs were bringing GQG to the market in the year's largest IPO. GQG expects the IPO to grow funds in the local market since Pacific Current Group is their original backer, and AustralianSuper is their first institutional client. Also, deepening the team's alignment with…