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BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
BetaShares announced it will launch a new ETF to give investors access to companies in one of the fastest growing economies in the world via the ASX. The BetaShares India Quality ETF will invest directly in a diversified portfolio of high quality Indian ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... the previous 12 months. As of March 2019, there were nine ETFs of 196 that met the Zombie criteria. These include: BetaShares Agriculture (hedged), Betashares Euro, K2 Global Equities Fund, three ETF Securities products (physical palladium, platinum ...

BetaShares receives Zenith rating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
BetaShares has been awarded a recommended rating from Zenith for its Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200). BetaShares says A200 is the lowest cost Australian ETF globally, providing access to the largest 200 stocks by market capitalisation listed on the ASX. ...

Australian Ethical mulls Facebook divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... manipulative advertising, mental health and even copyright issues," he said. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, BetaShares removed Facebook from its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). ETHI is the largest ethical global equities ETF traded ...

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The share of financial advisers using ETFs for their clients has increased last year, according to the latest BetaShares Investment Trends ETF report. About 47% of advisers used ETFs in 2017, the report shows. This number has since grown to 53%. A further ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... was the most traded ETF in the period, followed by iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV), Vanguard Australian shares (ASX: VAS), BetaShares NASDAQ 100 (ASX:NDQ) and Vanguard US total market (ASX: VAS). Total trading value for ETFs rose 11.4% in the second half. ...

Robo-adviser launches high interest savings solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... fund. Stockspot is offering Stockspot Savings, giving clients access to competitive interest rates and leveraging the BetaShares High Interest Cash ETF. The ETF is currently offering 2.02%. The savings account offers no lock-in periods, free withdrawals ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... fixed income affiliate Western Asset Management beat it when it rang the bell at the ASX on November 19 to list the Betashares Legg Mason Australia Bond Fund (BNDS). In the three weeks since its launch, BNDS has raised $25 million, inching towards the ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... board of directors. According to the Verve Super website, the fund and its investment manager have been working with BetaShares to contact companies in Betashares' global ethical ETF without a woman on their board. Betashares will dump all companies ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund. The ETF (ASX: BNDS) is built on back of Western Asset Management's Australia Bond Fund ...