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Van Eck grows distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... help advisers capitalise on the increasing popularity of ETFs, which are acknowledged for their low cost, transparency, liquidity and diversification benefits. "We expect the Australian ETF industry to grow beyond $23 billion in assets under management ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... the global financial crisis we realised that the traditional hedge fund model suffered setbacks driven by the lack of liquidity and transparency," the company's head of distribution Alex Donald said. The manager spotted a demand for "a diversified alternatives ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... some valuations are stretched, credit spreads are compressed, there has been significant cross-border capital flow and liquidity may be less available than investors are assuming. That raises the risk that a sell-off, were it to occur, could be abrupt. ...

Larry Fink warns of bubble in income assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... fund manager has warned shareholders about an ever-expanding bubble in yield-paying assets, inflated by central bank liquidity measures. In a letter to shareholders, BlackRock chief executive Laurence Fink said aggressive monetary policy was the biggest ...

Risk mispricing a threat to investment: ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Speaking at recent Bloomberg event, Smith said he worries about the management of risk in an environment of such high liquidity. Smith was asked by a member of the audience of top business leaders if risk is being mispriced across several classes and ...

Liquidnet increases average trade size in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... greater than the $4,680 average trade size in ASX Centre Point (the ASX's dark pool) over the same period. The average liquidity pool size was $2.4 billion for the quarter, compared to $1.7 billion in the last quarter of 2014. During the first quarter ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... portfolios at a lower cost than actively managed funds and with added benefits of holdings transparency, intraday trading and liquidity. "These traits are what make ETFs so appealing." As of 28 February, Market Vectors has US$23.9 billion in assets under ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... to underperform. "The market conditions of the last three years, in which unorthodox monetary policy sent a flood of liquidity into the capital markets, pushing up low-quality stocks faster than high-quality stocks and magnifying the drag from holding ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... liquid assets such as emerging market bonds and high-yield corporate bonds. "This has increased the mismatch between the liquidity of funds' assets and liabilities, because many funds allow investors to redeem on a daily basis," an IMF statement said. ...

Invesco launches multi-asset targeted return fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... should be replaced with another idea. Invesco Australia chief executive Martin Franc said: "The easy beta wins in a liquidity-fuelled market are yesterday's story. Demand for the Invesco Global Targeted Returns strategy is strong because investors are ...