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Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... investors' conviction to a change in US dollar's strength. April saw net inflows of about $1 billion into ASX-listed ETFs, taking the local ETF market to $61.3 billion in funds under management. Investors were most attracted by equities and cash ...

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Rating of Neutral." In response, Vanguard called attention to its mutual structure, zero brokerage on wholesale funds and ETFs for individual investors via Vanguard Personal, and 25 fee cuts across its Australian offerings over the last decade. "While ...

ASIC issues stark warning to retail investors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... up positions more frequently over time or attempting to profit from buying and selling around short-term price movements." ETFs have seen a big boost from the volatility, with ASIC observing daily turnover in ETFs increasing from $703 million in the ...

Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, developing/managing model portfolios and researching investment funds and ETFs," Anderson said. "Most recently Maggie served as the chief investment officer of an Australian based digital wealth strategy ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... 89 Australian large-cap equities strategies and 36 Australian small-cap strategies. This included 99 unlisted trusts, 17 ETFs, and nine listed investment companies. Following the review, four unlisted funds were upgraded, while 13 unlisted and listed ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Separate research from Cerulli Associates said in the US, investors pulled approximately US $320 billion from mutual funds and ETFs during March, although there are asset classes such as passive US equity ($40.9 billion) that were exempt from the general ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... these fixed-interest products - take risk on their balance sheets to maintain a market. "And in those cases, we then see the ETFs actually providing a more accurate reflection of the pricing than the underlying market is providing." Despite widening ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... still have more incentive to offer open-end funds in some markets," Morningstar said. " In addition, the tax treatment of ETFs can vary. For example, in the US, the choice is distorted by differing tax treatments that are advantageous to ETFs, while ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... billion, with PIMCO's funds emerging as the most popular. At end of March, mFunds had 233 products (which is higher than ETFs, LICs and LITs, A-REITs and listed infrastructure funds) but $1.03 billion in funds under management (lowest of all listed ...

State Street model portfolios land on BT Panorama

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... firm's State Street Target Income ETF Model Portfolio. The products allow financial advisers to choose a portfolio of ETFs which cover a range of asset classes, sectors and product issuers thanks to their open architecture investment structure. The ...