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International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Index. The report also revealed that the majority of retail investors are also missing out on the benefits of exchange traded funds (ETFs). Close to two thirds of those surveyed (65.8) had not heard of any of the listed ETF providers in Australia. CoreData ...

BetaShares set to increase adviser focus

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares will increase its presence in the financial advice space with the newly created role of director of Adviser Services. Lyndall James has been appointed to the role and she will be responsible for leading ...

SSgA announces three new ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (ASX ticker: DJRE) and SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (ASX ...

Market Vectors ETFs get Lonsec seal of approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
Market Vectors has received 'Investment GradeIndex' ratings from Lonsec for its new Australian exchange traded funds (ETFs). Market Vectors, which is the ETF business of US investment manager Van Eck Global, launched the four new ETFs on the Australian ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... meeting investors' financial goals. "Mainstream asset management businesses are being nibbled away by low cost exchange traded funds on one side and hedge funds on the other," he explained. "The more interesting jobs for investment professionals are ...

Market Vectors lists first Aussie banking ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
Market Vectors ETFs has listed four new Australian exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), including the first Australian banking and small cap resources ETFs. The listing brings the total number of exchange traded ...

Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Praemium SMA platform has agreed to include five more BetaShares exchange traded funds that focus on domestic equities strategies, currencies and commodities. The new inclusions take to 10 the number of BetaShares ETFs the Praemium SMA will host. ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... re-correction to EM currencies was also somewhat artificial, he said, pointing to the impact of speculative Exchange Traded Funds that can increasingly behave like hedge funds. Investors trying to understand these capital flows also need to appreciate ...

Club Plus climbs aboard DI bandwagon

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The new Direct Investment Option will allow members to purchase term deposits, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and shares through the MemberAccess web platform. "Club Plus Super's Direct Investment Option gives members ...

Aussie ETF use reaches new level of sophistication

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
The sophisticated ways in which Australian advisers are using exchange traded funds belies the relative immaturity of the local market, according to BlackRock's global ETF business iShares. BlackRock director and iShares specialist Jonathan Howie said ...