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UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... methodology. It is also about half the price of the average actively managed Australian equity fund. UBS manages over 100 ETFs globally, with funds under management in excess of $ 17 billion as of 31 December 2013. The UBS Australian ETF platform was ...

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... popular in 2013, with funds under management rising by 52% to finish the year above the $10 billion mark. SSgA head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly expects the low- cost index products to keep up the momentum this year and has identified a number of areas ...

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... and institutional investors as well as a product base which has broadened to include international exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have performed strongly. Growth in equity market activity and the recent fall in the Australian dollar have also had ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... report also revealed that the majority of retail investors are also missing out on the benefits of exchange traded funds (ETFs). Close to two thirds of those surveyed (65.8) had not heard of any of the listed ETF providers in Australia. CoreData said ...

Advisers leave China and turn to US growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... capital towards listed investments and other growth assets," Peker said. The proportion of offshore investments made through ETFs grew 40% over the last year, from 5% of all investments to 7%. Barriers to international investments still remain and 43% ...

SSgA announces three new ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (ASX ticker: DJRE) and SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (ASX ...

Market Vectors ETFs get Lonsec seal of approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
Market Vectors has received 'Investment GradeIndex' ratings from Lonsec for its new Australian exchange traded funds (ETFs). Market Vectors, which is the ETF business of US investment manager Van Eck Global, launched the four new ETFs on the Australian ...

HOSTPLUS targets SMSFs with direct infra option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... specifically at investment from SMSFs. "When we thought about SMSFs," he told Financial Standard, "we thought about shares and ETFs. But SMSFs can already get easy access to those sorts of assets. "But when we thought about infrastructure, they can't ...

AltaVista upgrades Portfolio Builder tech tool

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... advisors to blend their own ETF Model Portfolios. Explaining how the system could be used, AltaVista said: "while the number of ETFs in Australia may be small by global standards, the universe of ETFs available through the ASX allows for the construction ...

SSgA launches ETF portfolio for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013