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VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
VanEck has made hires for its investment and operations team to support its Australian ETF business. Cameron McCormack is joining VanEck's investment team as a senior associate. He previously worked at Pacific Life Re Australia as a pricing and ...

ETF industry swells to $39 billion, global equities dominate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
Investors are gravitating away from Australian equities and towards international shares as the ETF industry reaches $39 billion, according to latest insight from BetaShares. International equities attracted the highest net inflows of all asset classes ...

IMF Bentham eyes potential Facebook, Cambridge Analytica goldmine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... overall ESG strategies. Most tellingly, BetaShares removed the platform from its $208 million Global Sustainability Leaders ETF, meaning that the likes of Future Super and Raiz Invest (then Acorns) no longer invest in Facebook.

BetaShares hires institutional executive from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... BetaShares was the fourth-largest ETP manager in Australia, according to Rainmaker data It has among the highest number of ETF products in the market, launching four new products so far this year.

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
A VanEck ETF has been given one of the highest ethical ratings by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). VanEck's MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI) was certified 'ethical' by RIAA according to the strict ...

SSGA appoints APAC managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... Stanley. He joined the Global SPDR business in October 2017. In his most recent role, Miholich was responsible for State Street ETF's Nordic business development strategy. Miholich will report to SPDR global head of capital markets Tim Coyne. "Marcus ...

Equal weight portfolios outperform: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... inception in 2014 because of its consistent exposure to high performing stocks," he said. VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, launched in 2014 has outperformed the S&P/ASX200 Index by 3.55% p.a. since inception, the manager said. It tracks the ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
More than 300 guests attended last night's 2018 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising & Sales (MAX) Excellence Awards, which recognised the outstanding achievements in marketing, sales and business development by an individual, team or organisation ...

Contango to launch global active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
Contango Asset Management (CGA) is planning to launch a global equities active ETF on the ASX, overseen by a US-based investment partner, and has recruited a new distribution team. The WCM Quality Global Growth Fund (proposed code: WCMQ) will be managed ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... asset manager will launch a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds, starting with an actively managed fixed income ETF that it says will be the first of its kind in the Australian market. The ActiveX series is expected to launch its first product ...