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Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... to use the strong currency to tap markets outside Australia and gain access to a broader set of industrial sectors. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia said that while he estimates offshore ETF usage by institutions to be up to three times the volume ...

WA closures signal mining boom end: Veda

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... mining boom is starting to slow and that small business closures in WA are a leading indicator. But according to Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital, the end of the mining boom should have a silver lining. While there is the risk of a timing ...

Hastings grows European infra team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
Hastings Funds Management has appointed former senior vice president at Macquarie Capital Europe Oliver Schubert to the role of director, infrastructure. Based in London, Schubert brings experience in originating and executing M&A transactions, building ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... a competitor. In 2010-11 it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia, according to a report by the Oliver Wyman and Plan For Life consultancy groups. They said insurers need to find new areas where they could gain a competitive edge ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Europe), confidence and global financial markets as banks and other companies obtain funding in such markets," said Dr Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist, AMP Capital. "To the extent the share market falls in response to these ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... relatively low on the heels of cyclically high flows in Q4, but 2012 broke from this normal cyclical pattern," said Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia. "We believe that growing risk-appetite, in the context of low yields in most global ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... missing out on potential for capital gains from fixed income investments during times of volatile equity markets. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia said fixed income ETFs provided desirable accessibility and transparency for bond investors. ...

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... objectives of ETF products. "We've been noticing around the world a drift from the original principles of ETFs," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "We're seeing the emergence of complex, synthetic products in other jurisdictions. These products ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... has joined the iShares team to further our commitment to education and specialist support for ETF investors," said Mark Oliver, managing director, iShares Australia. "As the Australian ETF industry grows and new asset classes become available, I believe ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... average trade of 37,746 shares to 155,851 last week, while the iShares S&P/ASX High Dividend rose from 15,329 to 63,153. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia, said traders moved to ETFs in times of market dislocation to be able to have ...