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Royal Commission to boost ETFs: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
A $1.4 billion ETF manager believes growth in the sector will soar as the Royal Commission hears evidence on the conflicts of interest within vertically-integrated institutions. An increasing number of financial advisers have been using ETFs to diversify ...

Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Saxo Capital Markets Australia has launched its new active trading platform that will let users trade over 35,000 financial instruments at no monthly fees and without expensive legacy hardware. The product is aimed at professional traders and smaller ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... persistent barriers to active outperformance," Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investments Daniel Reyes said. "This expansion of our ETF range offers more tools to help investors build well diversified portfolios - across and within asset classes and investment ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Retail investors losing money on recent short volatility strategies indicates ETF providers have a bigger role to play in education, according to global SPDR chair Jim Ross. Speaking at a media roundtable in Sydney, Ross said it was paramount that investors ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
BetaShares will roll out the world's lowest-cost Australian equities ETF, with management costs of 0.07%. The BetaShares Australia 200 ETF invests in the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX and will trade on the exchange under the ticker code A200. ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Antipodes will soon be making an additional hire in its London-based research office. It will be the fourth hire in London. Active ETF launch On top of its established Listed Investment Company (LIC), Antipodes expects to launch an exchange-quoted managed ...

Contango restructure sees reduced headcount

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Following its acquisition of Switzer Asset Management, Contango Asset Management (CGA) has reduced its headcount and is relocating to Sydney as part of a wider restructure to focus on retail distribution. Speaking to Financial Standard, CGA chief executive ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... said. It's making core placements, such as the gas distribution system in China, but taking opportunistic bets such as Dutch ETF maker Flow Traders which thrives on market volatility. The only no-go zone as Pengana looks for tech stock replacements is ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... platform further" - but one of the most telling came from BetaShares, who removed Facebook from its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). ETHI is the largest ethical global equities ETF traded on the ASX, with about $170 million in funds under management. ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Australia's ETF pool swelled $330 million in February even though stocks slumped early in the month. BetaShares, the fourth-biggest player in Australia's ETF pool, joins Vanguard in saying investors gravitated towards ETFs in February's market slowdown ...