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Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Superannuation funds' shift to low-cost exchange-traded products is potentially at the detriment of startups and the potential upside for the local economy. This is according to Stoic Venture Capital partner Geoff Waring, who said local startups ...

Morningstar creates chief ratings officer role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... Morningstar, Ptak has served in a number of senior roles. He joined as an equity analyst and moved on to become a director of exchange-traded fund analysis, investment manager, and president and investments chief of Morningstar Investment Services. Ptak's ...

Vanguard to cull institutional mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... was appointed the chair of the SMSF Association in October 2019 but moved to deputy chair in February. In exchange traded funds (ETFs), Vanguard holds a 31% share with roughly $31 billion of the total $70.7 billion of assets in ASX-listed ETFs, according ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The proliferation of products in the booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial advisers are increasingly using exchange traded funds (ETFs) over concerns about the cost and performance of actively managed funds, according to VanEck. VanEck's fifth annual smart beta survey revealed 87% of advisers use ETFs in client ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... addition, BlackRock's iShares selected and licensed the indices to deliver sustainable investing alternatives for its exchange-traded funds in the US. iShares global head of product at BlackRock Carolyn Weinberg said she was excited to launch iShares ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... mandatory, thus forcing sustainability onto the investment agenda. Both the number of products and the money invested in exchange-traded funds have proliferated over the past three years. Globally, the total number of sustainable index funds has risen ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... said. In August, Morningstar's Global Sustainable Fund Flows report examined 3432 sustainable open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across the globe in the second quarter of 2020, and found that sustainable funds outperformed following ...

Unmet advice needs increases for SMSF trustees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... investments while allocation towards cash and fixed income account for a fifth of new inflows. Adviser use of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is up 4% from 2019 to 16% while flows to managed accounts remained steady at 9%. But advisers expect flows to managed ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... funds management tax reforms, including those relating to the Taxation of Financial Arrangements, particularly foreign exchange hedging and the Investment Manager Regime, as well as an expansion of functional currency election to certain trusts and partnerships. ...