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Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... segment, followed by Magellan's 27% share. "It is interesting to note that the two most recently developed sectors -- smart beta and active -- are the most highly concentrated sectors," he said.

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... deviation and sum of negative returns. The asset classes included are Australian equities, international equities, smart beta, property, infrastructure, fixed interest, multi-asset, real returns and ESG. The awards also recognise excellence across subsectors ...

Greater potential for smart beta: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Research from Rainmaker has found that while the number of smart beta products is growing, there is still limited choice for investors. "One gets the sense that manufacturers are still trying to figure what would be most attractive to Australian retail ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... comments, he adds that fixed income funds are not inherently structured to give investors great access. "Indexed or smart beta products will grow if they can offer creative, low-cost products that give exposure in a meaningful way," Macready says. "The ...

ETFs cross $50bn, fixed income leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... under 30% each. Active ETFs share of inflows weakens Aussie investors strengthened their preference for passive and smart beta ETFs in the first half of the year. However, investors showed a preference for passive and smart beta products over active ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... move towards multi-factor approaches. This is similar to a FTSE Russell study from last month which found multi-factor smart beta approaches were proving to be the most popular with asset managers. Lastly, 60% of the Invesco study's respondents said ...

Super fund awards Aussie equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... awarded a mandate worth more than $200 million to Omega Global Investors. State Super allocated the funds to Omega's smart beta-plus strategy, complementing its existing Australian equity portfolio. Omega joins the likes of Pendal, Maple-Brown Abbott ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... total through passive managers, and recently added the first exchange-traded fund to its investment menu. The domestic smart beta product is an addition to manage costs for index return component of the portfolios. "In the fourth quarter of the last ...

Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Nearly six in 10 institutional asset owners are now using smart beta strategies in their portfolios, according to a new survey of 178 instos by FTSE Russell. Adoption has doubled what it was five years ago when roughly three in 10 used smart beta. Last ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... the Investment Solutions Group, said the risk-based ETF model portfolio uses factor-based strategies in the form of smart beta, quality, value and low volatility. This is a key differentiator as history and academic studies have proven that factor-based ...