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ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... academic promise. Canberra-born Tuckwell is the founder of ETF Securities and is responsible for bringing the first gold and oil ETFs to the market. Tuckwell said part of his motivation behind the generous donation was to ensure his children still had ...

CBA to snare DIY investors with MyWealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... MyWealth, a new platform which attempts to attract the three million Australian do-it-yourself investors to trade shares, ETFs and fixed interest investments online. Described by the bank as a first for the Australian market, MyWealth lets CBA customers ...

Planners revise down growth expectations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Report surveyed 822 Australian financial planners, examining their investment product needs, including cash, managed funds and ETFs. In the year to September 2012, the amount the average planner estimates their client base to have in 'excess cash', or ...

Insurers to exit risky fixed income positions: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Lomas. BlackRock also expects insurers to increasingly implement their investment strategies through exchanged traded funds (ETFs). For example, Lomas believes insurers in the developed world, seeking to diversify away from the historically low levels ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... and $10 billion in funds under management. It's understood a member direct option including ASX300, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and term deposits will be added to the HOSTPLUS investment platform in March/April. While taxation issues prevented it from ...

ETP flows beat pre-GFC record

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013

Not all ETFs are made equal: Lonsec

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... have a strong understanding of what they're really investing in. He says it's essential for investors to understand that ETFs are not all the same, and even high yield ETFs have different asset classes or sectors underpinning the investment. "It's important ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... managed funds offer a do-it-yourself option that gives investors the opportunity to choose between shares, term-deposits and ETFs. Brisbane's Frank Demartini, 76, has been an active and successful SMSF trustee for over 16 years and has established a ...

Retirees must invest in equities: State Street

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... have been $37,700 better off by June this year than an investor holding an average term deposit. Amanda Skelly, head of SPDR ETFs at the asset manager says that retirees should consider how long they have to live off their pension pot and whether they ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... equities and bonds from Australia and overseas, specialised multi-asset portfolios also invest in gold and other commodities via ETFs, as well as private equity funds, hedge funds and other more complicated alternatives. This diversified basket of assets ...