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The sharemarket’s worst start to the year since the pandemic has ripped through equity fund returns , with the overwhelming majority – more than 85 per cent – in negative territory for the three months to the end of March. Find out which fund performed best.

Meanwhile, the departure of another Mineral Resources director has heightened concerns over boardroom divisions, as the company searches for a new chair and seeks to rebuild a thinning leadership team short on mining expertise.

And ASX-listed Lindian Resources has asked police to drop the charges against two Chinese nationals who were detained by security staff at the company’s high-grade rare earths project in Malawi.