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Vanguard varies approach to Australian equities

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... funds include Australian small and large companies and a high-yield Australian shares product, taking Vanguard's stable of ETFs trading on the ASX to seven. Rainmaker data shows that index investments now represent 16.4 per cent of Australian assets ...

Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Asia Pacific. This analysis is based on figures contained in a Reserve Bank of Australia ETF discussion paper. Synthetic ETFs are instruments where the ETF does not hold physical assets but gains exposure to the target asset class or index through a ...

Asgard adds funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... investments across a wide range of investment options," Power said. She said adviser demand was still strong for index funds and ETFs. Seven new funds were added last week. They were: Regal Long Short Australian Equity Fund, AQR Wholesale DELTA Fund ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Research firms are putting more resources into rating ETFs as more financial advisers and dealer group shift more of their clients' funds into ETFs and away from comparable unitised and unlisted products. Lonsec, Morningstar and Standard & Poors are ...

iShares appoints vice presidents to new roles

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... is responsible for developing and supporting iShares' institutional clients. Formerly a senior business analyst covering ETFs at Vanguard Investments Australia, Biassini will focus on product development in the primary and secondary markets. The iShares ...

HSBC targets super funds with China access

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... underlying Chinese company growth you need to have a China A share exposure or quota. You can only really get that through ETFs, where you are not getting direct exposure. The only way to get that is through a China A share quota and that's where we ...

Asgard upgrades insurance for FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... plan, including a more aggressive strategy towards providing direct equities, model portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. "What we are seeing in response to Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are advisers diversifying their ...

State Street adds to ETF stable

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Continued growth in local demand for ETFs has prompted State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) to add a further three products to its SPDR ETF range. In April, State Street will launch a new ETF focusing on resources, one on financials and a third tracking ...

SMSFs targeted with UMA launch

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... defensive, balanced, growth and high growth portfolios, as well as two equity based model portfolios featuring securities, ETFs and managed funds. "We have been searching for a better solution for our clients given the requirements of our higher net ...

ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... benchmarking purposes, the index series is liquid and tradable - so it can be used as the basis for creating products such as ETFs, the super funds association said. At the lunchtime launch in Sydney yesterday, Donald Keith, deputy CEO of FTSE, said ...