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E*TRADE tax tools free for all

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... active retail E*TRADE customers residing in Australia and have traded in equities, warrants, options or exchange traded funds, or have held a position in these products during the financial year. Earlier this year Praemium signed a deal with E*Trade ...

Aviva flies ETF flag

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Aviva has added exchange traded funds (ETFs) to its retirement product offerings. Aviva has added several new options to the shares listing including ETFs, listed investment companies, interest rate securities, instalment warrants, and all shares on ...

Vanguard enters ETFs fray

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia will go head to head with local exchange traded funds (ETFs) incumbents iShares and State Street when it launches three new ETFs on the ASX tomorrow. The group, which is already one of the largest providers of ETFs in ...

FPA endorses iShares CPD program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) has accredited the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program on exchange traded funds (ETF) set up by iShares Australia. The CPD program, which can be accessed using the iShares website, provides two modules ...

Zenith review yields top 35 funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... market conditions set to favour stock picking skill," said Smythe. "While the allure of low cost funds and [exchange traded funds] ETFs may protect margins, in Zenith's opinion exclusive use of these types of products is not in the best interests of ...

CVC the preferred buyer of iShares

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... Barclays has singled out private equity firm CVC Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the bank's prized exchange traded funds asset, iShares. According to a press statement by Barclays, the bank's preferred bidder is global private equity firm ...

BGI appoints Australian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... this announcement. BGI Australia has more than $30 billion in funds under management. The firm's iShares exchange traded funds (ETF) were launched in October 2007 and the BGI introduced three more ETFs covering health, telco and consumer brands.

Vanguard expands sales team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Victoria along with the opening of our WA base." Vanguard also recently announced its plans to introduce Exchange Traded Funds to Australian investors, with further news of the product line-up to be released to market soon.

Vanguard launches ETFs in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
Vanguard Investments Australia has announced it will launch Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for Australian investors. The Vanguard Group is already a leading manager of ETFs in the US. Vanguard entered the US ETF market in 2001 and at the end of 2008 ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Barclays' decision to place its leading exchange traded funds (ETFs) business, iShares, up for sale has the potential to change the sector's dynamic and lower the barrier to new entrants. The company has released a brief statement overnight confirming ...