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ETF revenue doubling every 18 months

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Magellan Asset Management, which is an annual rate of nearly $6 million on current assets. Compare this with the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (VGE) which charges 0.18%pa. While it has around half the funds ($178 million) it had good inflows ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... executive Robyn Petrou, exposure to Asia is mandatory and the fund is even overweight in the region compared to the MSCI index. It currently has $79 million of its $5.9 billion in funds under management invested in Asian equities ex Japan. "We have a ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... international ETFs are growing more strongly." Vanguard has seen flows of $58 million into its recently-launched Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (VGS), which tracks global stocks ex-Australia. At the same time, iShares' S&P 500 ETF has become ...

BlackRock boosts iShares sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... development. He was most recently at MSCI New York, where he was senior relationship manager of hedge fund sales and MSCI index sales. Prior to leaving Australia for the US, he held senior roles in relationship management and as a private wealth adviser. ...

End heavy weighting in US equities: Tempo AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... years: 2011, 2013 and 2014. The trend is reflected in Tempo's fund, a smart beta strategy that aims to outperform the MSCI index by investing equal parts of the portfolio in eight different equity markets. The portfolio is updated monthly following a ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... up steam, while in the US QE has just wound down, so you have the opposite effect." The fund aims to outperform the MSCI index by investing equal parts of the portfolio in eight different equity markets: "when you think about investing globally and getting ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global index provider MSCI has hired ETF Consulting managing director Tim Bradbury to launch the company's ETF business in Australia. As vice president of ETF client coverage, Bradbury will be responsible for driving visibility, awareness and usage ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Two new international shares exchange traded funds (ETF) from Vanguard have begun trading on the ASX. The Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS) and the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (hedged) ETF (ASX:VGAD) offer investors ...

AMP remains top dog on RI mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... had consistently outperformed the ASX 300 index over 1, 3, 5 and 10 years. Responsible global equities outperformed MSCI index on the long-term (5 and 10 years), but underperformed over 1 and 3 years. The most common RI strategy was a combination of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The Australian share market is set to open significantly lower after heavy falls on Wall Street on Friday night. But encouraging manufacturing data out of China on the weekend could provide a boost for mining stocks. At 0735 AEST on Monday, the June ...