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Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... one of the reasons to remove the strategy was over the one- and three-year periods through 30 Sep 2020 the active currency hedge was a "marginal detractor" from returns. "Over the five-year period to 30 September 2020, it was a marginal contributor to ...

BetaShares tinkers with ETF lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
The issuer with highest number of products is closing five ETFs, and raising fees for its diversified ETFs as it adds an ethical focus. BetaShares currently offers 58 exchange-traded funds via the ASX. On December 8, it will trim this lineup by five ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Heatmap - MySuper products"released in November 2019 Finally, from 1 October 2020, information about HESTA's foreign currency hedge strategy for each investment option will be removed.

BetaShares to list hedged versions of global stocks ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
BetaShares today listed a currency-hedged version of its Global Quality Leaders ETF and will launch similar versions of two other ETFs in the coming weeks, as local investors' appetite for currency hedging grows. The BetaShares Global Quality Leaders ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
Currency-hedged funds took four of the top 10 spots in ETF inflow league tables for April, in what may suggest local investors' conviction to a change in US dollar's strength. April saw net inflows of about $1 billion into ASX-listed ETFs, taking ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
BetaShares has announced the launch of a new ETF that gives investors access to long-dated sovereign bonds issues by some of the world's largest developed economies. The BetaShares Global Government Bond 20+ Year ETF - Currency Hedged (GGOV) aims to ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
New Rainmaker research has revealed the winners and losers in the exchange traded product (ETP) market during the quarter to March's COVID-19 induced volatility. March 2020 was characterised by sharp falls and rises in equities as investors grappled ...

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Despite the market volatility wrought by COVID-19, money flowed into exchange traded products in March. The ASX's latest ETP data shows that even as the market was losing money, cash was flowing in. Rainmaker analysis shows the Australian ETP market ...

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Australian investors are flocking to ETFs that allow them to short the ASX200 and the S&P 500 amid the stock market correction, doubling their assets since start of the year. The ASX 200 and S&P 500 had both lost over 20% from the start of the year ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Latest insights from Morningstar show Australia's ETF market grew 52% in 2019, reaching highs of $61 billion in assets. It's a far cry from two decades ago; the industry was worth $3 billion in 2010, and there were only 27 ETF products available ...