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UBS launches small cap strategy in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... leader" stocks is designed to provide investors with exposure to high-quality companies selected around three long-term thematic categories. The categories include digital transformation, health and societal transformation, and sustainable transformation. ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... Jaramillo believes that while there are many challenges, the mineral intensity of decarbonisation also presents an important thematic for investors. "We believe that the need to provide commodities to enable the transition is the basis for a multi-decade ...

BetaShares launches Metaverse ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
BetaShares has today launched a Metaverse ETF on the ASX, adding to its thematic fund offering. A company issued statement called the BetaShares Metaverse ETF (MTAV) an Australian first. It aims to track the Bloomberg Metaverse Select Index and currently ...

APRA to improve strategic planning, member outcomes rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... on expenditure management, APRA will consider the findings of the planned YFYS review and of last year's expenditure thematic review to inform any changes, which will then be consulted on in 2023. When it comes to financial projections, APRA is proposing ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... greater consistent and accuracy was needed to deter the deceptive practice's promotion. Although ASIC has undertaken a thematic review into greenwashing, looking at the disclosures of selected managed and super funds, the FSC said it will continue ...

Responsible managed funds outdo markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... of 22.6%. Australian super's responsible sub-market now represents over 30% of the overall responsible investment FUM. Thematic ETFs were found to have grown rapidly in terms of both FUM and product listings. Thematic ETFs now have 34 products making ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... exposure to hundreds of securities, reducing the reliance on the performance of any one company or trend." Tieu said some thematic and exotic ETFs were novel and narrow in nature and fare significantly worse when volatility really hits. "Investors must ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares, index investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... local iShares franchise has always been to offer institutional-quality, cost-effective portfolio building blocks and key thematic exposures in response to wealth and institutional client needs. "We have an unwavering commitment to our partners to help ...

Mammoth aggregate returns for ETF investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... seen these ETFs outperform 90% of their active ETF counterparts." While positive about passive ETFs, Brycki took aim at thematic ETFs linked to trends or niches. "Unfortunately, these thematic ETFs have lost investors more than $100 million in the past ...

Mirae, Global X acquire ETF Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... would provide them with an opportunity to instantly add scale in the Australian market. Moreover, the product line up of thematic, commodities and digital assets strategies complemented its current offerings of intelligent ETF solutions for global investors. ...