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Proliferation of global equity products meet investor demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... the previous year. In addition, the research demonstrated that investors continue to benefit from advances such as smart beta, SMAs, ETFs and mFunds. Lonsec's general manager of equities Peter Green says there is no immediate sign of the significant ...

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... past 12 months and 22.17% over the past 6 months," VanEck Australia's managing director Arian Neiron said. MVR is a smart beta ETF which tracks the MVIS Australia Energy & Mining Index providing investors with exposure to the largest and most liquid ...

AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... it's also now been rated as Recommended by Lonsec due to its proficiency at generating risk-adjusted returns. "The smart beta equity strategy offers a sensible middle ground between blind index tracking and alpha-oriented strategies so equips equity ...

UK IFAs increasingly outsourcing to DFMs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... of DFMs reporting some allocation, 55% said they invest in index tracking funds and only 30% stated they invest in smart beta funds. "Although few DFMs expect their allocation to passive investments to decrease, the majority do not plan to increase allocations ...

Vast majority of advisers turning to smart beta: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Over 90% of financial advisers and brokers are considering investing in smart beta strategies in the future, according to VanEck research. The research was based on a survey of 120 financial professionals and brokers working in an advisory capacity ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... traditional strategic asset allocation of financial planning clients," Dyall said. Not long after the market saw its first smart beta products, and providers such as BetaShares launched their first currency ETF. It launched the only cash fund in March ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney ...

Omega wins institutional credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... size fits all' product approach. Its investment co-design model is implemented via a factor-based approach known as Smart Beta Plus. Omega managing director George Vassos said the partnership with Uniting Financial Services began as a conversation to ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... Factor-based investing is being further pitched at Australian institutional investors at a time when they are thinking outside smart beta products and looking for more outcomes-based solutions. As part of a recent Australian visit, Northern Trust Asset ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Institutional investors worldwide are turning to objective and factor-based investment approaches, such as smart beta, to meet their investment goals given the global low interest rate environment. This is one of the findings of State Street Global ...