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Martin Currie introduces Aussie equities strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... into portfolios that can truly manage style and factor bias, in a way that cannot simply be replicated by systematic, smart beta strategies," he said. "The result is a highly diversified and unique strategy that can achieve a balance between alpha, tracking ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... said there are 'smarter' options, that target similar outcomes but with lower fees. Specifically, he advocated for smart beta products which track an index that differs from the traditional market capitalisation approach of selecting shares, bond and ...

VanEck hires five to team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... significantly expand the investment capability of VanEck, as well as boost investors' understanding and engagement of our smart beta products, which form a core part of VanEck's ASX ETF range," Neiron said. He said the growth will improve the firm's ...

Mantis adds Zerocap crypto fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... Zerocap's crypto fund strategies to its platform. Zerocap is a specialist crypto manager, its flagship fund is the Smart Beta Bitcoin Fund, and this is its first distribution partnership in Australia. "While the trend towards digital assets has been ...

Zerocap unveils new bitcoin fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Cypto asset investment platform Zerocap has launched a new fund, Zerocap Smart Beta Bitcoin, with the aim of effectively managing and reducing Bitcoin's high volatility and price swings. The objective of Smart Beta Bitcoin is to reduce and balance risk ...

Unlisted unit trust conversions boost ETP sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... unlisted unit trusts, contributing $39 billion over 12 months. "Only 67% of ETP assets are managed on an indexed basis. Smart beta accounts for 13% and regular active ETPs accounts for the remaining 21%," Rainmaker said. Equity ETPs, being two-thirds ...

Adviser ETF take-up continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... management strategies, according to a VanEck survey. After canvassing 547 financial advisers, VanEck's 2021 Australian Smart Beta Survey found that 91% use ETFs in client portfolios, up from 87% in 2020. Over half (56%) use smart-beta ETFs, otherwise ...

Buy-sell spreads higher for active and diversified ETFs: Rainmaker

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... (2bps). By strategy type, active ETFs had the highest median buy-sell spread (44bps), followed by hedge funds (38bps), smart beta (19bps) and passive index-tracking ETFs (15bps). The numbers are based on the ASX's monthly product summary for June ...

Only one quarter of ETP growth from performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... the period. Those were the Monash Absolute Return Fund, Magellan FuturePay and Coolabah Active Composite Bond Fund. Smart beta and investment theme products saw a 30% increase in flows to $1.1 billion, and two new smart beta products launched during ...

Active managers lead new ETF issuers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... top three active ETFs accounted for around 80% of the category's flows. Index ETFs accounted for 81% of inflows and smart beta with 8%. Vanguard and BetaShares led the inflows receiving around 65% of industry flows, up from 53% in 2020. Global equities ...