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Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... and speculators are taking delivery of the physical metal itself. Futures, forward or options contracts, or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) or stock certificates are easy to fold and store under the bed, in a cookie jar or in a safety deposit box. But how ...

Russell to stay in Australia: Doman

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
Andrew Doman, global chief executive of Russell Investments, said Australia is a "strategically important" market to the firm and plans to deepen its local footprint, following questions about Russell's commitment to the Australian market. Doman said ...

Bassanese backs Aus eqs and LPTs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Pennywise Investment, an exchange traded fund (ETF) specialist developed by economist David Bassanese, is keeping an overweight position in Australian equities and local listed property, despite some experts saying the market is overvalued. Bassanese ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Advisers have been let down by under performing multi-manager investments, putting pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
Oasis Asset Management is set to increase the number of active financial planners on its platform by 60 per cent after signing on two new dealer groups and, in six months, saw funds under management (FUM) jump from $3.5 billion to $5.4 billion. Oasis ...

BGI iShares opens capital markets division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, iShares has developed a capital markets division in Asia Pacific to ensure the firm's ETFs remain liquid and priced competitively. The Hong Kong-based division will work with iShares dealers and market makers across ...

Beware the leveraged ETF

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Australian exchange traded funds investors should learn from their US counterparts who have lost their fortunes trading leveraged ETFs - products that could one day hit Australian shores. Michael Krause, president of ETF research house AltaVista Research ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Australia's $326 billion self-managed super funds may be the fastest growing super fund sector to date, but research shows they are missing out on the Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The number of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) listed property exchange traded fund (ETF) units on issue has nearly quadrupled in 18 months. The number SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund ETF units rose from just over five million to a touch under ...