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ETF investor numbers growing rapidly

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Findings of a recent BetaShares and Investment Trends exchange traded funds report showed the number of investors in ETFs surged by 46% in the past year. The report, which quizzed 10,530 investors and 768 advisers on their experiences and usage of ETFs ...

ASX: The people's platform

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... Research by Rainmaker released earlier this year revealed that the combined funds under administration (FUA) in exchange traded funds and managed funds tradeable on the ASX amounted to $35 billion, placing the ASX midway between IOOF and OnePath in the ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... the flipside, d'Assier warned that managers that can't do this are very vulnerable to being superseded by exchange traded funds using increasingly sophisticated models to deliver what they used to deliver but at a much lower cost.

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
According to Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) numbers, exchange traded funds now represent over $15 billion in funds under management, more than tripling their value since 2010. Moreover, the vast majority of ETF growth (86% as at 31 December 2014) has ...

Super funds blend ETFs into investment strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
Superannuation funds have started to use exchange traded funds (ETFs) for cash equitisation or to enter new markets. "Over the last 18 to 24 months we have seen more institutional investors tap the ETF market, as we see more product proliferation on ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Demand for exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding fixed income is set to increase on a low rate environment, iShares director Jonathan Howie said. Howie told Financial Standard that demand for BlackRock's three fixed income ETFs has increased since mid-2014. ...

iShares launches currency hedged international ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been launched on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by iShares. The new funds are local hedged versions of iShares most popular international ETFs, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and iShares Global 100 ...

Lonsec gains 2,800 users through iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... financial advisers, Lonsec said. The platform's clients can access Lonsec's research including managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), separately managed accounts (SMAs), property funds, infrastructure funds and structured products. They also have ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... by retail groups) for the FSI to say this is stunning. So expect a ramp up in indexed investments, use of Exchange Traded Funds and managed account type pricing, in-turn meaning that the days of over-priced wraps and platforms charging 1.5% fees as a ...

Centuria launches tax efficient investment bond

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... enhance the traditional insurance bond with a professionally managed multi asset portfolio using a blend of exchange traded funds (ETFs). "The tax effectiveness of this product has strong natural appeal to investors who have already capped out their ...