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Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... "If you look over the last two to three years the bulk of flows that have been coming into emerging markets have been in ETFs. But if you look more recently, and I realise that three months don't make a trend, but the bulk of flows we have seen so far ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks ...

ICI chief blasts US transaction tax legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... a 'securities transaction tax' could apply to the value of trades in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures and options, other derivative instruments and other securities. While a securities transaction tax can be structured ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... follows similar fee cuts across seven of its flagship Australian-domiciled wholesale index funds and two other cross-listed ETFs. Vanguard's head of product and marketing, Robyn Laidlaw said passing on cost savings to investors was a targeted strategy. ...

La Trobe scoops global awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Global Asset Management category were also MFS Boston and Russell Investments for asset rating in China and UBS Zurich for ETFs. La Trobe Financial was founded in 1952 and manages investment mandates in excess of $10 billion.

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
UBS Global Asset Management expects the popularity of 'smart beta' exchange traded funds (ETFs) to double by the end of the year. According to UBS, SMSF trustees' and financial advisers' rising acceptance of these types of products is fuelling rapid ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... increasingly attractive as a source of income." He added that net inflows of $88 million into ASX-listed international equity ETFs indicate that the smart money may already have switched out of Aussie stocks. Turning his attention globally, Koesterich ...

CFSGAM inflation plus fund targets post-retirement market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... performance at the edges. The fund is free to invest in equities and bonds, credit, emerging market debt, total return swaps, ETFs, volatility derivatives and CFSGAM investment trusts and will hold more, less or none at all at different parts of the ...

ETF market approached $7bn in January

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... after the industry hit a record high of $6.8 billion at the end of January, according to BetaShares' ETF Review for January. ETFs achieved a 5.9 per cent market capitalisation growth and new inflows of approximately $110 million for the month. This makes ...

Still pent-up demand as ETFs celebrate record year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to become a much larger part of the Australian wealth creation industry, according InStreet Investments managing director George Lucas. The investment specialist says you only need to look at how developed the ETF ...