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SSGA takes 5% stake in Raiz

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has taken a 5% stake in micro-investment platform Raiz as the latter uses funds to expand its market share and jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon. SSGA will acquire its 4.8% interest worth $1.97 million ...

Global X names head of portfolio management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... ETFs has appointed Chris Wolak as head of portfolio management, commencing in October. Wolak will oversee the company's ETF product line-up across equities, fixed income, commodities, and digital assets, which represents over $7.6 billion in assets ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Ethical investment groups Ethinvest and Future Group are backing an investor campaign to stop media giants Seven West and Nine Entertainment from running gambling ads. Ethinvest, a financial planning group, and Future Group, the parent company of super ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
Vanguard, Betashares, iShares, and VanEck have attracted most of the ETF inflows in Australia for 2024, with competition among these issuers fierce. Vanguard led with $4.07 billion in inflows, followed by local player Betashares with $3.98 billion ...

Dimensional to launch three more ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... and regulatory approvals. Subsequently, the names of the funds will change to Dimensional Australian Value Trust - Active ETF, Dimensional Global Value Trust - Active ETF, and Dimensional Global Small Company Trust - Active ETF. This is the new naming ...

FTSE Russell hires client coverage lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... Pacific. She joins from SSGA where she spent the last two years as an equity investment strategist for Asia Pacific in its SPDR ETF business. Before SSGA, Lee was the chief investment officer of Burman Invest, a high conviction, index unaware, Australian ...

Global X loses another senior talent

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... ETFs head of portfolio management Cliff Man will exit the firm later this month, after an almost 11-year stint. Mann joined ETF Securities in Hong Kong before transitioning to the Australian business in 2016. Global X said he was instrumental in building ...

Global X chief to step down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... the handover of his responsibilities and works on "some ongoing projects." Metcalf joined Global X in 2014, then known as ETF Securities, holding roles such as head of operations, co-head of portfolio management, and head of product. Before that, he ...

Institutional investors embracing crypto: GDF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
Global Digital Finance (GDF) suggests that digital assets are becoming quite popular with institutional investors. Conducting a global survey of 100 executives, GDF found almost all participants (93%) have handled Bitcoin in some shape or form. Meanwhile ...

J.P. Morgan expands ETF suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) today announced the listing of JPMorgan Global Equity Premium Income Complex ETF (JEGA) to its equity premium income suite, which houses other strategies of JEPI and JPEQ. The new ETF, which seeks to generate 7-9% ...