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S&P creates ASX200 futures index

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P/ASX 200 Futures Index, which tracks the returns generated from an investment in the front-month futures contract on the S&P/ASX200 Index. The benchmark provides investors an alternative way to measure Australian ...

mFund take-up slower than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
The ASX has released mFund transaction data for the first time and confirmed that investors are still reluctant to embrace it, with only $8.4 million transacted in October. Funds under management were $67.9 million across 125 funds at the end of October ...

BT adds active managers to Panorama

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... to the platform comes ahead of the launch of BT Panorama's self-managed super fund (SMSF) solution and the introduction of ASX traded listed securities. "Increasing the managed portfolio offer was always part of our plans to ensure investors have access ...

Chi-X to launch own indices, ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... will launch its first set of index series in March 2016. "We are looking to do something different from the S&P/ASX200. The ASX is a market benchmark, it tells you what happened that day in a market that is dominated by four banks and two national resources ...

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... will continue into 2016," Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. QUAL gives investors instant access, via a single ASX trade, to a portfolio of 300 international companies which are included based on analysis by MSCI on three key fundamentals ...

Aspen revises fund merger proposal after Sunsuper bid

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... the Aspen Parks Property Fund (APPF). Aspen originally proposed the merger in September, suggesting in its statement to the ASX that this would result in a "leading specialist owner, manager and developer of accommodation parks with a fully integrated ...

Exchange traded bond range increases

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Investors can expect more exchange traded bond units to be available on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over the coming weeks after another six XTBs were released to market today. Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) said the release has ...

Class amends IPO after AMP acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... Class must submit an amendment to its prospectus for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). It is expected the supplementary prospectus will be lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... unitised investments in smaller parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure bonds. Another possibility is ASX-listed infrastructure funds. Whatever the mechanism, it should be remembered that SMSF trustees prefer to invest directly ...

ASIC changes market rules for Chi-X ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... operators and an industry association." These responses pertained to issues such as joint explanatory booklets for the Chi-X and ASX warrants markets (in particular explanations of differences in operating rules) and "the need for a harmonised set of ...