ETFs

Superannuation

ETF promoters have pointed to recent increases in trading volumes as evidence that their products are a liquidity source....

Funds management

ETF trading on the up amid volatile markets

Exchange traded fund (ETF) sector activity has significantly increased over the past week, according to ETF trader iShares, which the company attributed to market volatil...

Financial planning

Why financial planners have dived into platforms

As managed fund inflows struggle to return to pre-GFC levels, share trading and direct investments became increasingly popular with retail investors over the past couple ...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA set to drive further industry consolidation

FOFA is expected to be the catalyst for further industry consolidation while the move to a fee-for-service environment is set to trigger the sale of 'C' and 'D' level cli...

Financial planning

State of the market

PortfolioConstruction Forum asks the major funds research houses for an update on the state of the market and their most recent projects....

Editorial

July research round-up

PortfolioConstruction Forum asks the major funds research houses for an update on the state of the market and their most recent projects....

Funds management

Insider trading and ETFs problematic for ASIC

Eight advisers may have been banned in the last financial year, but insider trading and ETFs are part of ASIC's focus....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA the focus of growing concerns and criticisms

FOFA worries drag down practice valuations and share prices as industry criticisms increase. The latest digital edition of Money Management is now online....

Funds management

Not all ETFs are the same

Research house van Eyk has discovered a common misconception in the market that all exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the same, when in fact different structures, strategi...

Financial planning

Fixed interest comes in from the cold

As the dust settles on the post-GFC world, Janine Mace discovers that the previously mundane world of fixed interest investments is now in vogue. ...

Editorial

Properly assessing commodities risks

In light of the recent falls in silver and oil prices, Ron Bewley considers the case for investing directly in commodities. ...

Superannuation

BetaShares tips jump in ETF use

The number of investors allocating towards exchange-traded funds will increase 35 to 50 per cent in the next two years in the wake of the current proliferation of product...

Funds management

Big jump in ETF users predicted

There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....

Funds management

ETFs to double in two years

Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market looks set to double in size by the end of 2013, with up to 80 funds, at a value of $10 billion, listed on the stock exchange...

Funds management

Aussie synthetic ETFs not a concern: Morningstar

Some of the more complex exchange-traded fund (ETF) structures starting to emerge in Australia are not as risky as the headlines might have us believe, according to Morni...