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BetaShares appoints new head of portfolio construction

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... asset allocation and portfolio construction strategy. He'll also be educating advisers and SMSF trustees on exchange traded funds (ETF) and analytics. As well as setting up two businesses including Alpha Financial Products and LPAC Online, Rumble's former ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... explains the myth around how MySuper somehow forces funds to use ultra low cost investment solutions such as Exchange Traded Funds. MySuper assets also do not need to be managed in separate investment pools either but they do, however, need to be identifiable ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... PureMatch, the new high speed/low latency order book for trading the most liquid ASX-listed stocks and domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has now confirmed that ASX PureMatch will go-live on Monday, November ...

Indexed FUM up 30% since GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... had dropped one-third to 53% albeit it's up from 45% last year," noted Rainmaker. Rainmaker estimates that Exchange Traded Funds account for 9% of indexed Australian equities, more than twice the ratio of five years ago.

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
More transparency and disclosure is needed from exchange traded funds providers, according to iShares, which has released a paper calling for global regulatory standards. iShares, a subsidiary of BlackRock, believes that a global standard classification ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... joined the iShares Product and Capital Markets team as director, supporting the distribution of iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs). Howie will assist with the development of technical and product-specific content and management of iShares broker/dealer ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... affect everybody, when asked he did note Capital Guarantee Products, Contracts For Difference and synthetic Exchange Traded Funds had gain some attention due to confusion of consumers. "It is the retail derivative area where products are complex and ...

Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... "Nowhere will the shift be more important than the financial services industry." Citing the development of Exchange Traded Funds, they said the new product class is wiping out billions of dollars of reliable revenue streams for custodians and integrated ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Trading volumes spiked at dark pools and exchange traded funds after record volatility hit global equity and bond markets last week. Sam Macqueen, director of block trading venue provider Liquidnet Australia, said the daily average volume of trade in ...

Money moves from listed managed investments to ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... total market capitalisation by 11.9% from $19 billion in July 2010 to $17 billion in July 2011. By contrast, exchange traded funds and commodities saw massive fund inflows in percentage terms. Exchange traded commodities increased their July 2010 market ...