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ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... products, following a review triggered by SMSFs and retail investors' growing investment in the vehicles. The three risks in the ETP markets were: temporary widening of bid/offer spreads, publishing frequency of iNAV (indicative net asset value), and ...

VanEck adds two to Australian team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... in actuarial science, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics and statistics. VanEck has 4.5% of Australia's total ETP market, managing $1.6 billion as at March, according to Rainmaker Research. It was the fastest growing of the 10 largest ETP ...

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 ...

BetaShares hires institutional executive from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... to grow over time, and we are positioning ourselves to meet the demand." As of March end, 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 ...

China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... investors might be better off adopting a single country focus on China by rethinking emerging markets to exclude China. "Global ETP flows suggest investors are doing just that: EM equity flows have been increasingly single country focused over the past ...

BetaShares launches fixed-rate corporate bond ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... to benchmark Australian Composite Bond Index's 2.6% p.a. and six-month term deposits' 2% p.a., as at May end. The ETP provider has chosen an index from a German provider for CRED, the Solactive Australian Investment Grade Corporate Bond Select ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... high conviction, outcome based strategies and low cost ETFs," BlackRock head of wealth Alex Zaika said. The $10.4 billion ETP manager added that while ETF assets currently represent less than 5% of global assets, it expects this to grow significantly. ...

Royal Commission to boost ETFs: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... that ETFs, being low cost and transparent, will enable advisers to earn their clients' trust," Neiron said. The fifth-largest ETP manager in Australia said it expects a regulatory overhaul following Commissioner Hayne's findings, if not before. It also ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... positions during the dip, but also to hedge portfolios using short products," BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. The ETP manager has clarified February's $330 million FUM growth came from new money, rather than capital appreciation. February's ...

Smart beta emerging markets ETF launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... billion FUM in exchange-traded products as at September, according to Rainmaker research. It holds 3% of the market share among ETP managers, behind BlackRock (29%), Vanguard (28%), State Street (17%), and BetaShares (13%).