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ETFs report wafer thin trading volumes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... ETF trading volumes, ETF listings are running hot. Since the end of 2010 State Street has launched five, BetaShares and iShares have launched four each, Vanguard have launched three and Russell launched one. Thin ETF trading volumes compound figures ...

SSGA says ETF growth means plenty for all providers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... per cent market share. It's seven ETF products now account for 62 per cent of market share after Vanguard and Blackrock iShares jumped into the market, now estimated to be worth $5 billion. But Frank Henze, head of SPDR ETFs in Asia Pacific for State ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... investors, because that downside protection fixed income can deliver is much needed in Australia," said Tom Keenan, director, iShares Australia. The arrival of fixed income ETFs would mean that both growth and defensive assets would be available on the ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... indicates defensiveness by investors or an apparent lack of value elsewhere in the market." As above. Plus, note that the iShares S&P 500 Value Index (ETF) increased by 21.2 per cent in the year to 20 May 2011. The iShares S&P 500 Growth Index (ETF) ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... investment conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith of State Street Global Advisers had just finished talking through the strengths of ETFs ...

HSBC targets planners with Asian wide product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... (HSCEI), the Taiwan TAIEX Index, the KOSPI200 (Korea), the MSCI Singapore Free Index, the SET 50 Index (Thailand) and the iShares MSCI India Fund. The iShares MSCI India Fund is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that aims to replicate the MSCI India Index. ...

ETF provider soothes market over risk issues

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Exchange traded fund provider iShares has moved to reassure the market that Australian ETFs are not risky in the wake of warnings from global authorities about transparency and leverage issues. The Financial Stability Board, an international watch-dog ...

BlackRock provides advisers with super SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... one and dividend income to be paid to another. The SMA includes professionally managed portfolios including BlackRock, iShares and SPDR exchange traded funds, Ausbil Dexia, BT, Fortis, Perennial and UBS. BNP Paribas Australian Hybrid and Fixed Income ...

iShares appoints vice presidents to new roles

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
iShares, the ETF business of BlackRock Investment Management has made senior appointments to its institutional distribution and capital markets teams. Campbell MacPherson joins as vice president and business development manager, while Gonzalo Biassini ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
BlackRock has announced that its exchange traded fund business, iShares, has reached $1 billion assets under management. IShares claims to be the world's leading provider of ETFs after launching its first suite of international ETFs in Australia in ...