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SSgA appoints head of intermediary business

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... in his role as chief operating officer, Asia Pacific and report to head of Asia Pacific Lochiel Crafter and global head of SPDR ETFs and Intermediary distribution Jim Ross. "The growth of Asia Pacific's high net worth individuals has outpaced the US ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... half, has been beaten unmercifully for a loss of -38 percent since mid-December." "Biotech has been no picnic either as the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) has fallen -21.8 percent since the end of February." Could it be that investors have taken a second ...

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... proved popular in 2013, with funds under management rising by 52% to finish the year above the $10 billion mark. SSgA head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly expects the low- cost index products to keep up the momentum this year and has identified a number of ...

SSgA announces three new ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... (SSgA) has announced the launch of three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (ASX ticker: DJRE) and SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (ASX ticker: WDIV) are available now ...

Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Praemium SMA will host. The platform also hosts ETFs from ETF Portfolio Solutions, iShares, AltaVista and the State Street SPDR series. The $1 billion platform now boasts more than 100 model portfolios offered by almost 30 investment managers. Alex Vynokur ...

Australian ETF industry soars to reach $8 billion

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... 10th consecutive month ASX-listed ETFs assets have reached a new record high. The most popular ETF remains the State Street SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund with $2.1 billion in assets under management. The iShares S&P 500 ETF is the second most used product, followed ...

SSgA launches hedged international equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched an international equities exchange traded fund (ETF) for Australian investors. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) Fund will be hedged back into Australian dollars and begins trading on 9 July. Since March ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... also remain sanguine about fixed income investments in Asia and emerging market debt. State Street Global Advisers head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly agreed that investors should now be looking to further diversify their income streams. "If they have not ...

SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... 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 with the SPDR S&P World ex-Australia (Hedged) ...

Not all ETFs are made equal: Lonsec

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... hopefully provide above market average dividends." Having compared the governing rules of high yield ETFs from iShares, Russell, SPDR and Vanguard, within its inaugural Lonsec ETF Journal (released today), Lonsec found the portfolio of stocks held by ...