ETFs

Funds management

Emerging Asia ETFs require cautious investing

The unsustainable nature of emerging Asia businesses highlights the importance of taking an active management approach and maintaining a high degree of conviction when in...

Financial planning

Investing in Japan - the good, the bad and the ugly

Japan has embarked upon a bold new experiment to boost its moribund economy using monetary, fiscal and structural measures – the “three arrows” – and investors too will n...

Funds management

iShares grows ETF market share but State Street still leads

iShares holds more than a quarter of the market, but still trails State Street Global Advisers which holds 40 per cent of the market. ...

Funds management

ETFs has stellar first half

The ETF sector brought in more money in the first half of this year than it did throughout 2012, according to the latest figures released by BetaShares....

Financial planning

UBS pays for market integrity breach

UBS has paid $30,000 in relation to an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel. ...

Superannuation

Industry super funds face off against SMSFs

Industry super funds appear to be making desperate attempts to retain those members most likely to break away and set up a self-managed super fund, as Damon Taylor report...

Financial planning

SSgA launches new ETF

State Street Global Advisers has launched an international equities ETF that it claims mitigates currency risk....

Financial planning

BetaShares selects Rabobank

BetaShares has selected Rabobank Australia to join its panel of authorised deposit-taking institutions for its product, the BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF....

Funds management

Exchange-traded products see outflows for first time in 18 months

Exchange-traded products (ETPs) across a number of markets were spooked by recent comments by the US Federal Reserve, leading to outflows in a number of ETP sectors, acco...

Superannuation

State Street launches new ETF product

State Street Global Advisors has launched an ETF aimed at providing investors with access to international equities whilst also mitigating against what is an increasingly...

Funds management

ETF investors eye global equities

The local ETF market has seen an increase in flows to international ETFs, with both developed and emerging assets seeing an uptick in investor interest, according to a re...

Superannuation

Weakening dollar helps ETF inflows

On the back of a weakening Australian dollar, investors have shown particular interest in currency ETFs, according to Alex Vyonkur, managing director of BetaShares....

Funds management

ETFs post ongoing record inflows

The exchange-traded funds (ETF) sector has continued to grow for an eighth consecutive month, recording a new level of assets under management and strong net inflows desp...