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Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... ETF in Australia, the UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Share Fund in October 2012. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares, says that the most popular smart beta products in the Australian market have been in equity income products, which now represent ...

Still pent-up demand as ETFs celebrate record year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... look at them too." The latest data from BlackRock, which is the largest supplier of ETFs for the global market via its iShares products, shows that g lobal asset flows for exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded the best January on record with $40.2 ...

ETP flows beat pre-GFC record

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013

Not all ETFs are made equal: Lonsec

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... stocks that hopefully provide above market average dividends." Having compared the governing rules of high yield ETFs from iShares, Russell, SPDR and Vanguard, within its inaugural Lonsec ETF Journal (released today), Lonsec found the portfolio of stocks ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... of October. "Global trends identified in the report are being broadly echoed in Australia," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "Local ETPs are a fast-growing investment product category having recorded more than 20 percent growth in Australia ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... shares and generally offer investors bond-like returns while carrying equity-like risks. Mark Oliver, managing director at iShares said that the recent rush of hybrids reflects pent up investor demand for high yields and greater defensiveness in their ...

Advisers struggle to add value

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... that money and in that process the adviser's value add is very much on display," said Mark Oliver, managing director at iShares. Oliver noted that what the current environment has done is to ensure advisers are delivering value for the fees they charge ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... only about 0.5% of stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF providers, StateStreet with 48% of the market, iShares with 23%, Vanguard with 9%, and BetaShares and Russell with 3% each. Other providers control only 14% of the market, showing ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 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 traded on the ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... 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 markets, may have been a driver." ...