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ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
Funds under management (FUM) in Australian-listed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have passed the $10 billion mark for the first time. According to numbers from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), funds in ETPs were at less than half their current ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5,357.0. NEW YORK - US stocks ticked slightly higher, but the Nasdaq surged past the 4,000 mark for the first time in 13 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session flat, with a mere 0.26 point gain pushing ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... cent to 6,695.66 points, and the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.43 per cent to 4,295.43 points after briefly breaking the 4,300 mark for the first time since the financial crisis hit in late 2008. The US Labor Department posted tepid numbers for September job ...

Platforms hit $445bn record

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... superannuation assets under management and the 13% growth in the broad funds under management market. Rainmaker said the record mark for the platform market is 15% higher than the pre-GFC peak of $386 billion it reached in September 2007 and up a whopping ...

Australian ETF industry soars to reach $8 billion

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) industry has swelled to a record high, breaching the $8 billion mark for the first time, according to data from ETF provider BetaShares. The total market capitalisation of the low cost index products traded ...

Super operating costs rise to $150 per member

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... of scale, data from Deloitte shows. The audit, consulting and advice giant said that costs per member broke the $150 mark for the first time in 2012, representing a 6% increase on the previous year. While operating costs as a percentage of assets under ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... week's G20 meeting. Sydney jumped 0.9 per cent, or 44.7 points, to 5,003.7 on Wednesday - closing above the 5,000-point mark for the first time since April 2010 - and Seoul rose 1.56 per cent, or 30.28 points, to 1,976.07. But Tokyo, which surged on ...

VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
VicSuper and Australian Ethical Superannuation - which collectively have over $2.4 billion Australian equity assets under management - have adopted an after-tax benchmark from the industry standard FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series. Both funds will be ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund, VicSuper recently made significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... Nasdaq rose by 0.34 per cent. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the Australian market had been nudging the 4,400 mark for most of the week, after heavy falls in early November. "That is now the key level to look out for in the near term, should the ...