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Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... index instead of the fund manager's skills. "Active managers must also differentiate themselves and provide what smart beta cannot. If this differentiation can't be achieved, then investors will continue to question the fees they are being charged ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... months. Exchange traded products attracted $397 million in net inflows in February and almost a third of it went into smart beta products, according to VanEck.

More advisers using ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... months. Exchange traded products attracted $397 million in net inflows in February and almost a third of it went into smart beta products, according to VanEck.

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... the best ideas from active and passive asset management - from plain vanilla off-the-shelf index exposures to ESG and smart beta solutions," Orr said. "This mandate is a testament to the need for bespoke cost-efficient passive strategies in the Australian ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Property Securities Fund Real Returns Aberdeen Standard Investments Aberdeen Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Smart Beta Dimensional Fund Advisors Dimensional Australian Small Company Investment Manager of the Year Macquarie Investment Managemen ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund - Class W PIMCO Global RealReturn Fund SMART BETA AB Managed Volatility Equities Dimensional Australian Small Company Dimensional Global Core Equity Trust Dimensional Global ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... There will be 106 high-quality, liquid, cost-competitive index solutions managed by BlackRock Canada and 44 index, smart beta and actively managed solutions overseen by RCB GAM. Under the partnership, five of RBC GAM's existing ETFs will be merged with ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... more demand for indices in sovereign, composite and high yield. Interestingly, despite recent attention on ESG and smart beta indices, these own less than 6% of the market combined, Redding says. For an index provider, Bloomberg LP head of portfolio ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
VanEck and BetaShares have announced new ETFs, as product launches in the segment heat up. A new smart beta ETF from VanEck will invest in China A-shares, after the manager gained a licence to invest in the asset class independent of the China Stock ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
A $996 billion asset manager is introducing a set of equity indices based on a multifactor approach to smart beta, aiming to outperform market-cap weighed indices by 2-4%. Aberdeen Standard Investments' quant investment strategies team developed the ...