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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... capitalisation for 'absolute return funds', which includes hedge funds, has gone down 3.8% in the last year.A Exchange traded funds (ETFs), which are gaining popularity in Australia and globally, were up 47.6%. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... Prugue told Financial Standard that the future is in new vehicles such as mFund or actively-managed exchange traded funds (ETFs). He said that the main issue with listed investment companies (LIC) is that investors are paying for management fees, but ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ETFs were at $353 million for the ...

BlackRock boosts iShares sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... work closely with the client business distribution teams, focusing on the adviser segment. "We've seen a rapid take-up of ETFs among financial advisers in the past three years. As adoption grows, the conversations we're having with clients are becoming ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... books." Estes said the fund was also overweight in healthcare, favours equities over fixed income and cash, and does not to use ETFs often - maybe to get access to gold - "but by and large we will rely on individual security selection."

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... attract different types of companies," Christoe says. "In the fund aisles we're looking to attract new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), new listed investment companies (LICs), and we're building out the mFunds service." The ASX Funds Monthly Report for ...

Class supports nabtrade data feed

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... provide investors with access to five markets, eight exchanges and over 10,000 global equities and exchange traded funds (ETFs). "With the growing SMSF market and high demand for foreign assets, the nabtrade platform provides a low cost, quality solution ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... using managed funds has continued to grow, reaching 43% in 2015, a level not seen since 2011. The number of SMSFs holding ETFs grew 53% per cent in the 12 months to April 2015, with growth also reported in the number of SMSFs who intend to invest in ...

ANZ ETFs added to BT, Asgard platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... platforms. Specifically, investors using the BT SuperWrap, BT Wrap and Asgard eWRAP platforms now have access to the ANZ ETFS products. As reported in Financial Standard in May, ANZ became the first of Australia's big four banks to provide ETF products ...

New lifecycle and infrastructure options at Hostplus

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... administrative burden. Choiceplus members are able to invest directly into companies in the S&P/ASX 300 Index, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) covering developed, emerging and commodity markets and term deposits.