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Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Vanguard, the world's largest provider of index funds, has notched up its fourth successive year of record inflows with US$256 billion ($372 billion) coming through its doors in 2015. The figure represents a 5.3% increase on the previous year's inflows. ...

Younger clients best-served by robo-advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... "liquidity and volatility" criteria. The company exclusively uses ETF products from State Street, BlackRock, BetaShares and Vanguard; actual asset allocation is "outsourced to Lonsec." Fordree added that generally "self-service" clients will inevitably ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
As active fund managers warn about exposure to index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... 2015. This is the lowest annualised SMSF growth rate since the introduction of the Simpler Super Reforms in 2008. The Vanguard and Investment Trends 2015 SMSF report attributed the slowdown to "fewer people leaving traditional superannuation funds as ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... average) and $66 million to international strategies (only 30% of its 12 month average). In Australian equities, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund (VAS) dominated, with net flows of $197 million - nearly three times its rolling 12 month average. ...

Vanguard wins adviser vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
Vanguard has taken the lead as financial advisers' most-used fund manager. According to Investment Trends' August 2015 Adviser Product Needs and Marketing Needs Report, based on a survey of 676 advisers, Vanguard had the highest share of "primary financial ...

Multi-asset funds rated high but risk disappointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... them the highest possible score, the Analyst Rating of Gold. BlackRock Global Allocation, Schroder Balanced and four Vanguard Index strategies are considered to be the best multi-asset strategies in the market. A further four AustralianSuper options ...

ETFs hit $20bn in assets under management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Australia is BlackRock's iShares, with $7.3 billion in funds under management. State Street follows with $4.6 billion; Vanguard holds $4.4 billion and BetaShares $2.1 billion. The ETP market has expanded at an annual growth rate of 48.3% over the last ...

Multi-sector investments reach $555 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... really a great deal of difference in outcomes. Returns are typically clustered so a low-cost largely passive approach like Vanguard's range of strategies is a great way to go, or investors can consider strategies we believe have skill in tactical asset ...

Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... based in the country. With US$4.65 trillion in assets, BlackRock is comfortably the largest manager globally, ahead of Vanguard with US$3.15 trillion. With State Street completing the top three, passive investment specialise dominate the list. In 2014 ...