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ETF adoption 'intensifies': VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... adoption among advisers has intensified in the last year, with over 70% reporting greater usage and 65% using two or more smart beta strategies. The 2025 VanEck Smart Beta Survey also found the depth of usage has expanded to cover a broader range of ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... provide "convenient access" via the ASX at a fraction of the typical active management fee, VanEck said. As with other smart beta strategies, the ETF utilises a systematic, rules-based approach that targets outperformance. It comes as two of VanEck's ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... from market capitalisation strategies in 1H24, this has gone down to 68% in 1H25, with the remaining 32% coming from smart beta and active ETFs. "In Australian fixed income, investors have continued to favour short duration strategies with high credit ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... self-directed investors, financial advisers, and institutions are using a range of its investment solutions - passive, smart beta, and actively managed funds - to build sophisticated portfolios. "As a result, our broad range of funds are being adopted ...

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... market that require adaptability that are not supported by traditional active funds but will complement core beta and smart beta approaches," Neiron continued. "Recent and ongoing advances in technology and programmable learning have enabled us to identify ...

Industry breaks records for assets, flows, and product launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... again led the way for flows last year, mostly via market cap index tracking ETFs, which received 81% of total flows. Smart beta products accounted for around 21% of flows, meanwhile, active ETFs saw net outflows of approximately $734 million - due to ...

Managed funds industry winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... to ETPs (20:1). Interestingly, market-cap index funds are growing at a faster rate than both active management and smart beta products, which is indicative of cost as "investors care a lot about the total cost of ownership," Dyall said. "My belief, based ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... of just $43.5 million, which paled in comparison to market capitalisation strategies, which drew $1.67 billion, and smart beta strategies, which amassed $292.6 million. By asset class, international equities were the standout, VanEck said, accounting ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... Hamilton has worked across several areas of quantitative research, including multi-factor alpha models and optimisation, smart beta, index arbitrage, and dynamic currency hedging and database management and has regularly presented at conferences and ...

VanEck establishes foothold in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... region. "VanEck has become the go-to ETF provider among the adviser community," Neiron said. "We are the leader in smart beta ETFs and the leading innovator in the country." He added that more than half of the ETFs launched by VanEck were pioneering ...