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Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... pension funds, [but] these have yet to translate into significant land deals," she said. Commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) are also growing in popularity, with net assets in the top 15 agricultural commodity ETFs and exchange traded notes totalled ...

RBC Dexia wins Aii custody mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... won a mandate from Australian Indexed Investments (Aii) to provide custody for their newly launched Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Aii is a member of the Euro Finance Group. Jim Socratous, managing director at Aii, said they chose the firm because of ...

SEC launches derivatives review

SEC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... Fund prospectus' will also be investigated to ensure the risks around using derivatives are adequately addressed. Regarding ETFs, the SEC wants to identify how actively managed ETFs and leveraged ETFs, which heavily rely on derivatives, use the investment ...

ASX targets ETF growth market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... equity markets at the ASX, said local ETF funds under management (FUM) has tripled since September 2007 to $3.7 billion. ETFs previously attracted 100 daily trades on the ASX in 2007 but that number has risen 700 daily trades, he said. "This is a much ...

Vanguard appoints MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... development of a new global line of business focused on financial advisers and other intermediaries, with an emphasis on ETFs. From 1991 to 2004, James held senior positions with prominent Australian and New Zealand financial companies. He was general ...

BT Wrap tackles bigger bulk order trading

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... improvements follow adviser and client calls for better trading functionality in regards to equities and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The demand is also consistent with research by Investment Trends that shows 50 per cent of planners expect their level ...

Russell in hiring spree, Elkins departs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... appointments last month of Raewyn Williams as director of After-Tax Investment Strategies, and Chris Inman as a senior analyst. - ETFs - establishment of new team in Australia: Russell has established a specialist ETF team in the Australian market as ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's exchange traded funds (ETFs) has exceeded $100 million under management, just 10 months after their launch. Launched in May 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the ...

Investors gain sector-based ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... locally listed sector-based exchange traded funds (ETF) after Australian Index Investments (Aii) announced plans to launch six ETFs to the market in the next three months. The suite includes the Aii S&P/ASX 200 Financials x-A-REIT, Aii S&P/ASX 200 Energy ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... real estate were defined as alternative asset classes. However, the firm could find no market consensus for distressed debt, ETFs and forward contracts. This problem is not new. Definitions became headline news during the global financial crisis after ...