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Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... local instos. State Street's recent launch of three new products takes the total number of actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the US to 47, holding 10% of assets but attracting 50% of new funds, according to figures from Yahoo Finance. ...

ETN fears grow following price plunges

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... ETN that was tracking the VIX index, that the notes are poorly understood. ETNs, as distinct to regular Exchange Traded Funds, are a form of unsecured structured promissory note that is backed by the credit of their issuing financial institutions, reported ...

Instos should weigh up cost of futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Physically backed exchange traded funds offer cost advantages for institutional investors holding a position longer than three months, according to new research. A report released by State Street Global Markets found that for time horizons under three ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... regulated. Exchange Traded Products (ETP) include a wide variety of different investment products such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that are organised as collective investment schemes, exchange-traded commodities (ETC), exchange-traded notes (ETN) ...

Investment FUM nears $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... 15.4% of the broad market which is its lowest penetration level in eight quarters despite the growth in Exchange Traded Funds. The largest investment managers in Australia are AMP Capital Investors with $100 billion, Colonial First State Global Asset ...

BetaShares launches High Interest cash ETF

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
BetaShares has launched the first in a range of cash exchange traded funds due on the Australian Securities Exchange in the coming weeks. The Australian High Interest Cash exchange traded fund (ETF) will hold Australian dollars in bank deposit accounts ...

Aus fixed income ETF providers talk up offerings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... the importance of index methodology and actually what's held in the ETF," said Amanda Skelly, director of exchange traded funds at Russell. "Most ETFs have to track an index but they may not hold all the securities in the index - they may just optimise ...

SMSFs the new retail

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... new retail funds. "A lot of these SMSFs are finding their way to fund managers through managed funds or exchange traded funds (ETFs)... but as to whether anyone out there, especially the large players, have specifically gone after the SMSF market its ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Global asset flows for exchange traded products (ETP) and fixed income exchange traded funds (ETF) hit record highs last month, according to latest research. The BlackRock ETP Landscape report from revealed the ETP sector had its strongest ever January ...

S&P calls for adviser education on new ETF indices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Adviser education on the indices underlying new fixed income exchange traded funds is needed to undo damage caused by misinformation on ETFs, according to S&P Indices. Recent changes to the Australian Securities Exchange Aqua listing rules to cover ...