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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." ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
As three new fixed income ETFs were launched on the ASX yesterday, iShares referred to trading patterns during the height of the GFC to demonstrate the products' liquidity and durability. iShares yesterday launched three products tracking the UBS Composite ...

Aus fixed income ETF providers talk up offerings

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Blackrock today announced its exchange traded fund (ETF) business iShares will launch three fixed income ETFs on the ASX, joining Russell Investments, which announced their offering last week. Vanguard and State Street are yet to reveal details of their ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... 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. "With fixed income ETFs ...

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 ...