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ANZ launches global technology ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
ANZ ETFS is providing investors access to the world's top technology stocks in one trade with the launch of a global technology exchange traded fund. The ANZ ETFS Morningstar Global Technology ETF will track the Morningstar Developed Markets Technology ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... portfolio consists - perhaps unsurprisingly - of leading technology, social media and telecommunications names on the US index including Alphabet (index weight of 14.16%), Apple (8.16%), Microsoft (4.91%), Twitter (3.86%), Intel Corp (2.27%) and AT&T ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The average active fund's performance versus index strategies has worsened compared to the previous six months, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of ...

BetaShares' UMAX receives recommended rating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The fund provides investors with exposure to the stocks comprising the benchmark US Index, the S&P 500 Index, while providing regular income that exceeds the dividend yield of the stocks alone. BetaShares managing ...

Russell Investments set for London Stock Exchange sale

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
US index provider and fund manager Russell Investments looks set to be sold to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) after the UK group agreed a US$2.7 billion purchase price with parent company Northwestern Mutual. The deal will bring together US$5.2 ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... claims fell by less than expected to 382k last week and the week before that was revised up to 385K from 382K. Also, the US index of leading indicators dipped by 0.1% in August -- the third monthly fall in five months - after a 0.5% increase in July. ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... close to market weight. The second is the Vanguard All-World Ex-US Shares Index ETF which follows the FTSE All-World Ex-US Index and holds all 2175 benchmark stocks.

Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... initial claims -- rose by only 3,000 to 453,000 (roughly within the 450,000 level since the start of 2010). Bad news 2: US index of leading economic indicators fell by 0.1 per cent in April -- the first decline since March 2009 and lower than expectations ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... reduction in the cash rate.' The RBA should be more worried about the US economy. Data released overnight showed the US index leading economic indicators declined by 0.7 percent in July, larger than expectations for a 0.2 percent fall. This marked the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks turned negative as investors worried about ratings agencies cutting the triple-A rating on the two companies, which together insure more than $US1 trillion in bonds. Wall Street initially ...