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Buying volatility a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... However, "there is large cost for a buy-and-hold strategy," associated with the investment, and there are some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the VIX that have done "spectacularly" badly - you need to be careful about what you are doing, he said.

AMP North nudges $3 billion in AUM

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... to numerous quality investments including multi-manger funds, managed funds, online direct share trading, exchange traded funds and exchange traded commodities. Since its launch in 2007 as a guarantee product on a basic platform, North has been progressively ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
State Street Global Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and ...

North to offer bank deposit rebates

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... comprehensive full service platform that includes multi-manager funds, managed funds, online direct share trading, exchange traded funds and exchange traded commodities. In the past year the proportion of the platform's FUA in deposit investments has ...

Westpac launches share trading app

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... investors to access research and trade via smartphone or iPad. The app supports trading in shares, warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded commodities (ETCs). James Staltari, head of Westpac Online Investing, said the rapid increase ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... decades, a situation that won't last. By inference, she said this meant index investment, for example through Exchange Traded Funds, or using managers with only remote access is not an effective strategy.

China approves cross-border ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
China has approved mutual listings of exchange traded funds on Hong Kong and mainland exchanges. The Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) made the announcement on Friday saying the move was part of China's plans to boost financial exchange ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Research house Lonsec has changed its research process for index funds and index-based Exchange Traded Funds and will now use separate criteria to assess actively managed funds. "This change is based on Lonsec's belief that index funds now have a critical ...

Advisers use of ETFs on the rise

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
The number of exchange traded funds used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, with up to 70,000 users expected by the end of the year, according to the latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report. The BetaShares/Investment ...

UBS launches MySuper designed funds

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... attractive to investors." The Funds gain underlying asset sector exposure passively by investing largely in exchange traded funds (ETFs), both onshore and offshore, and other passive 'building blocks'. "The way we have structured our tactical beta-funds ...