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SSgA launches global equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has announced the launch of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs), giving Aussie investors cheap access to international equities. The SPDR S&P World ex-Australia ETF will begin trading on the ASX in the coming weeks ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The risk profiles of unlisted assets can be analysed as if they were equities or Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by using integrated models that look at risk across all asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that ...

SMSFs drive ASX growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... year. At the moment, the ASX has 90 funds on issue against 66 a year ago. "SMSFs have been early adopters of Exchange Traded Funds and ETPs and have largely led the charge in the growth of the products," ASX Equity Markets business development manager ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
UBS Global Asset Management expects the popularity of 'smart beta' exchange traded funds (ETFs) to double by the end of the year. According to UBS, SMSF trustees' and financial advisers' rising acceptance of these types of products is fuelling rapid ...

Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... federal employees and uniformed services personnel. Its investments are constructed on a series of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETF) that underpin choices of government securities, fixed income, US equities, US small cap equities, international stocks. ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
Growth in Exchange Traded Funds has slowed in the last few years but in the year to end September 2012 they still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on ...

SSgA appoints head of capital markets

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Jacqueline Pang as head of capital markets of SPDR ETFs to its Hong Kong office. SPDR ETFs is a family of exchange traded funds that provide investors with the flexibility to select investments that are precisely aligned to their investment strategy. ...

Investors warned on VIX futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... the idea gains popularity. "There's a large cost with a buy-and-hold strategy - on the VIX there are some Exchange Traded Funds that have done spectacularly badly - you need to be careful what you are doing," Thompson said.

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... survey, with market penetration likewise hitting a record 16.6%. Changeable capital markets and the push to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), has helped the growth, although indexing is still overwhelmingly a wholesale play, despite managers of indexed assets ...

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.