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Betashares launches momentum ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... themselves given time requirements, susceptibility to behavioural bias and execution costs. MTUM will follow a rules-based index to prioritise stocks with strong and consistent momentum, while cutting the worst performers quickly. "As a strategy, momentum ...

DNR Capital introduces new global equity fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... administration. The fund has returned 9.53% since its inception in December 2023. It has outperformed the MSCI World SMID Total Return Index by 1.42%. Tura Capital portfolio manager Brad Partridge explained that the investment process is designed to ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... cap' companies. This is particularly pertinent given that the top five stocks in the S&P 500 account for over 28% of the index by market capitalisation. Now the ETF provider, which has over $39 billion in assets under management, has today launched ...

SSGA appoints local head of intermediary

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has named a managing director and head of intermediary for the local business, joining from MSCI after nearly a decade. Tim Bradbury is the new leader of SSGA's intermediary distribution team and is responsible for ...

Vanguard Super's default option delivers 13.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
Vanguard Super's default MySuper lifecycle investment option has posted a 13.2% return in its first full financial year. This investment option outperformed some of Australia's largest superannuation funds, surpassing all industry funds on a one-year ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... alleviated inflation pressures, signalling to investors that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon. June's US consumer price index (CPI) data revealed a rise of 3% from the previous year, falling short of the expected 3.1%. Core prices, which strip ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears to have weakened, according to an ISS report. The ...

Global X set to launch an Australian Bank Credit ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... exposure to credit in the local banking sector. The ETF will track the performance of the Solactive Australian Bank Credit Index and will be Australia's first passively managed package of senior bonds, subordinated bonds, and hybrid securities. It will ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... wealth per adult, Australia ranks second to Luxembourg. Australia also ranks highly for distribution of wealth, with a Gini Index of 54 seeing it ranked third in terms of wealth equality. McAuley said strong growth in superannuation and property has ...

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... active unlisted managed funds as the preferred investment product for core portfolio allocation, with managed accounts, index unlisted managed funds, and direct shares topping the list," she said. Guiamatsia draws the insights from the latest Adviser ...