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BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
ASIC has given regulatory clearance for the launch of ASX PureMatch, the new high speed/low latency order book for trading the most liquid ASX-listed stocks and domestic exchange traded funds (ETFs). The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has now ...

Indexed FUM up 30% since GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
The push to alpha-beta separation has put new impetus into the indexing sector, leading to continued growth in index market penetration particularly among equities, according to new research by Rainmaker. Indexing in Australia is now $223 billion, its ...

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 ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
iShares, BlackRock's exchange traded fund business, has made a senior appointment to its Product and Capital Markets team in Australia. Jonathan Howie has joined the iShares Product and Capital Markets team as director, supporting the distribution of ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Financial services industry faces tighter restrictions as ASIC releases a consultation paper and draft regulatory guide containing best practice guidance for the advertising of financial products and advice. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told media ...

Customisable, original, scalable, networked: the next advice paradigm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The next wave of advisory firms will be provide clients with customisable advice that is original, scalable and network connected, say US advice industry researchers. In their paper, The Consumer Revolution - Surviving and Thriving in a Time of Tectonic ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... averaging US$11 billion per day in August compared with US$9 billion per day in the year to August 11, it said. Exchange traded fund providers also reported a hefty increase in trading volumes with BlackRock iShares saying it experienced more than 400% ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... exchange-traded fund market, its global head of ETFs said yesterday. Scott Ebner, managing director and global head of exchange traded fund product for SSgA flew into Sydney from Hong Kong on Sunday to meet the team face-to-face and talk products. He ...

Money moves from listed managed investments to ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
Money poured out of listed managed investments and flooded into exchange traded commodities and funds over the last year, latest Australian Securities Exchange figures show. The ASX listed managed investments (LMI) monthly update for July showed listed ...