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SSgA appoints head of capital markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
State Street Global Advisors has appointed Jacqueline Pang as head of capital markets of SPDR ETFs to its Hong Kong office. SPDR ETFs is a family of exchange traded funds that provide investors with the flexibility to select investments that are precisely ...

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... with market penetration likewise hitting a record 16.6%. Changeable capital markets and the push to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has helped the growth, although indexing is still overwhelmingly a wholesale play, despite managers of indexed assets accessing ...

Deutsche Bank restructures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... one business unit including former Corporate Banking & Securities passive and third-party alternatives businesses such as ETFs. The change is part of a strategy unveiled last week by new co-chairmen of the management board JA1/4rgen Fitschen and Anshu ...

Former S&P head moves to Lonsec

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... broadened including a title change to general manager - Specialised Research, which spans structured products, direct assets, ETFs and SMAs. "Michael has been responsible for undertaking and overseeing research across these specialised products for a ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
The high Aussie dollar (AUD) is leading to more active use of ETFs as investors seek to use the strong currency to tap markets outside Australia and gain access to a broader set of industrial sectors. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia said that ...

Buying volatility a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... "there is large cost for a buy-and-hold strategy," associated with the investment, and there are some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the VIX that have done "spectacularly" badly - you need to be careful about what you are doing, he said.

BetaShares expands coverage

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
BetaShares has significantly expanded its distribution coverage since the beginning of 2012 with its ETFs now available on a much larger list of dealer group approved product lists and on multiple platform menus. This year there have been 54 counts ...

Renewed appetite for Aussie stocks

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... investors through high dividend and cash products, greater risk appetite was demonstrated by investors - with six of the top 10 ETFs by creation value - being Australian equities based. Renewed appetite for investing was also reflected in the average ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and the SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government ...

Skelly to head State Street Aus ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... represents an expansion of Australian ETF operations, with Skelly reporting to Frank Henze, SSgA's Hong Kong-based head of SPDR ETFs for Asia Pacific. Skelly spent nearly 10 years at Russell Investments, most recently leading business strategy, sales ...