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ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... October. "Global trends identified in the report are being broadly echoed in Australia," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "Local ETPs are a fast-growing investment product category having recorded more than 20 percent growth in Australia ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... to tap markets outside Australia and gain access to a broader set of industrial sectors. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia said that while he estimates offshore ETF usage by institutions to be up to three times the volume traded on the local exchange ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... high flows in Q4, but 2012 broke from this normal cyclical pattern," said Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia. "We believe that growing risk-appetite, in the context of low yields in most global markets, may have been a driver." The top-ten ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... gains from fixed income investments during times of volatile equity markets. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia said fixed income ETFs provided desirable accessibility and transparency for bond investors. "With fixed income ETFs shortly ...

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... "We've been noticing around the world a drift from the original principles of ETFs," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "We're seeing the emergence of complex, synthetic products in other jurisdictions. These products may be called ETFs but ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... our commitment to education and specialist support for ETF investors," said Mark Oliver, managing director, iShares Australia. "As the Australian ETF industry grows and new asset classes become available, I believe transparency, education and investor ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... week, while the iShares S&P/ASX High Dividend rose from 15,329 to 63,153. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia, said traders moved to ETFs in times of market dislocation to be able to have diversification with the advantage of liquidity. ...

Fixed interest ETFs to fill "massive hole"

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... because that downside protection fixed income can deliver is much needed in Australia," said Tom Keenan, director, iShares Australia. The arrival of fixed income ETFs would mean that both growth and defensive assets would be available on the market. ...

Leveraged ETF risk laid bare

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... conference when he showed the risks of US-style synthetic ETFs at a panel session in Sydney on Friday. Tom Keenan of iShares Australia and Graham Smith of State Street Global Advisers had just finished talking through the strengths of ETFs when Murphy ...

BlackRock iShares breaks $1bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... international ETFs in Australia in October 2007. It now has 23 ETFs listed on the ASX. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia, said the main driver for this rapid success has been the growing appeal of international ETFs combined with solid corporate ...