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Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... increase in trading volumes with BlackRock iShares saying it experienced more than 400% increase in trades for its MSCI Australia 200 and S&P/ASX High Dividend products compared with their 20-day averages. The iShares MSCI Australia 200 rose from a 20-day ...

New ETFs hit booming market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Exchange-traded fund provider Vanguard launched three new funds yesterday as the popularity of the product explodes. At an investor presentation yesterday to mark the launch of three new ETFs, Vanguard said there had been a 70 per cent increase in the ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... last year. It published its first rating on the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 fund in November and has since rated the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Fund. "There needs to be sufficient demand from adviser groups first but it's a commercial reality now. ...

State Street adds to ETF stable

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... They are the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund, the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 Fund, the SPDR S&P/ASX Listed Property Fund and the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund. "The new ETFs are intended to give investors more choice from within the SPDR range of products ...

iShares increases ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Australian sharemarket through a single trade on the ASX. The latest offerings in BlackRock's iShares ETF range are MSCI Australia 200, S&P/ASX 20, S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries and S&P/ASX High Dividend. One trade on the ASX via the MSCI Australia 200 entitles ...

Instos lead charge into ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... the products. iShares launched four new ETFs into the Australian market on Thursday last week - one based on the MSCI Australia 200 Index, another on the S&P/ASX20, a high dividend yield ETF and an ETF based on the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index. The ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... new appointment, Oliver will spearhead iShares upcoming launch of four new Australian ETFs, namely the iShares MSCI Australia 200, iShares S&P/ASX 20, iShares S&P/ASX High Dividend and the iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries. The launch of the new ETFs ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index investing in the 200 largest companies in Australia ...

SSgA hits $45m in 24 hours

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... strategy was listed on the ASX. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior managing director for Australia, confirmed the firm's SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF take-up was a strong sign investors are looking for investments that provided high and sustainable ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... Advisors has launched an Australian ETF aimed at investors looking for high yield. SSgA has introduced the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF, which seeks to provide investors with high and sustainable dividends. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior ...