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Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... five million to a touch under 20 million between February 2008 and the middle of August this year. At the same time, the ETFs funds under management (FUM) increased from $50 million in February this year to $150 million in August this year. The listed ...

SMSF intl equities allocation halves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... said international equities investments would become more popular as SMSFs became comfortable with exchange traded funds (ETFs). While international share allocations declined, allocations to Australian shares remained more or less consistent from 34 ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Vanguard Investment Australia's three exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted $20 million in just two months. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments Australia, said while figures are yet to be finalised, the Australian equities ETF ...

Oasis looks to SMAs and ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... ETF products in the market and considering adding them to its services. "Like most providers we've been asked to consider ETFs on our investment list for our clients and we're in the process of looking at that at the moment," he said. The firm is also ...

Matrix adds ETFs to APL

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Matrix Planning Solutions has added the Aurora Sandringham Dividend Trust, a number of iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) and two State Street SPDR ETFs to the group's approved product list. The group's approved product list will now include the State ...

ETFs won't phase out index funds: Bowerman

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
The growth of exchange traded funds (ETFs) will not undermine the growth of traditional index fund products, according to Vanguard Investments. Vanguard Investments launched the firm's ETFs suite to the market in May as a way for investors to get access ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... will also offer clients diversified access to global markets through separate accounts, common trust funds, mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, and closed-end funds. Barclay's ETF platform iShares currently has over $367 billion of AUM in more than 350 ...

Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Aviva has added exchange traded funds (ETFs) to its retirement product offerings. Aviva has added several new options to the shares listing including ETFs, listed investment companies, interest rate securities, instalment warrants, and all shares on ...

Investors rush to oil ETCs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... management in the firm's oil ETCs rising to around $1.8 billion by the end of April. The largest inflows were recorded in the ETFS Crude Oil followed by the ETFS Brent Oil. In fact, more than $500 million flowed into the ETFS Crude Oil during the first ...