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Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The growing number of users sharing thoughts about finance on social media allows investors to monitor market sentiment almost instantly. When US-based finance social media platform StockTwits recently reached 300,000 active users, analysts considered ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The surging Chinese stock market is retilting the balance of the global funds management market towards China much faster than anticipated. The Chinese stock market is expected to climb to US$10 trillion by the end of this year, driven by huge rises ...

Vanguard first to offer A-shares through ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Vanguard Australia has become the first local exchange traded fund (ETF) provider to offer investors access to China mainland-domiciled and listed shares. Vanguard is broadening its FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (ASX: VGE) to include the so-called ...

ANZ ETFS appoints custodian JP Morgan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
J.P. Morgan will provide global custody services for three equity ETFs in ANZ's newly launched exchange traded fund business. ANZ ETFS Management is a joint venture between ANZ and London-based ETF Securities which will see six new ETFs listed on the ...

Van Eck launches small cap ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Van Eck has launched Australia's first small cap exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the index using a smart beta approach. The Market Vectors Small Cap Dividend Payers ETF (MVS) includes only the most liquid ASX listed small companies and only those ...

BetaShares launch NASDAQ ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... investors looking to include international equities in their portfolio now have the opportunity to access an exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the NASDAQ 100 index. From today the BetaShares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ) will provide investors with ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
ANZ has become the first of Australia's big banks to enter the exchange traded fund (ETF) market with the launch of six funds in partnership with ETF Securities. The joint venture between both organisations has resulted in a new company called ANZ ETFS ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Smart beta is present in over half of the world's portfolios, with professional investors increasingly combining multiple smart beta strategies, new global research found. The FTSE Russell Smart Beta: 2015 Global Survey Findings from Asset Owners survey ...

Low-cost super awash with inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
Mums and dads have increasingly chosen to invest their superannuation in direct low-fee retail products over the last 12 months. Particularly so at BT Super for Life and ANZ Smart Choice with both recording funds under management growth of more than ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... last few months BlackRock has experienced an increase of advisers demanding exposure to India through an exchange traded fund (ETF). While BlackRock has built sector funds or region funds exposed to India, it does not have an India ETF. "Despite the ...