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Global fixed income manager mulls active bond ETFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... Baird added that without lower barriers to entry in fixed income, SMSFs would try to "barbell" by balancing riskier securities with term deposits. Rainmaker analysis of ATO data shows that as at June 2016, 24.75% of SMSF funds were allocated within cash ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
BlackRock has laid out options for iShares ETF investors to liquidate their holdings, reconfirming it will suspend the trading of five products from the ASX in about a month. On May 3, BlackRock said it was pulling five iShares products from the Australian ...

Fintech launches active trading platform with no monthly fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... other asset classes on compatible multi-screen Windows and Mac computers. Traders will be charged on the volume of securities that they trade, with prices getting more attractive as the activity increases. The platform lets them customise their workscreens ...

ETFs a winner in February market slump: Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... picked up trading volume even as Australian shares plunged in February, according to latest research from Vanguard's Australian ETF Capital Markets division. In the week ending 9 February, ETF trading volumes tripled normal activity on Australian primary ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... Australia principal of market strategy and communications, Robin Bowerman, said the tremendous growth in both indexing and the ETF market has prompted critics to question whether ETFs will be a catalyst for the next severe share market downturn. The ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Colonial First State has awarded a $385 million global real estate securities mandate to a global asset management firm. Deutsche Asset Management will oversee the strategy, headed up by the firm's global real estate securities team. The team is led ...

WisdomTree expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... attempt to expand globally, starting in Asia Pacific. The New York-based asset manager is collaborating with Premia Partners, an ETF and smart beta solutions provider based in Hong Kong. WisdomTree executive vice president and head of global distribution ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... functionality that investors and their advisers now consider standard. This is reinforced by the way the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has entered wealth management via exchange traded funds (ETFs) and to a lesser extent through the introduction ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... companies championing women's rights in the workplace is due to launch in early 2018. The Impact Shares YWCA Women's Empowerment ETF, which will list on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker code WOMN, is a collaboration between index provider Equileap ...

SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... vehicles. Speaking as part of a SPDR Bites briefing, LaValle said that "there is a common misconception that every single ETF trade results in a trade in the underlying constituents," referring to the different liquidity characteristics of the issuance ...