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BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... version (IHWL, 19bps to 12pbs). These were effective May 24. Fees trend down, competition heats up Fees for market-cap index ETFs have fallen 20% over the six years to December 2018. "My view is that [BlackRock's fee cut for IOZ] happened because ...

Vanguard lowers fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Vanguard announced it will lower fees on a number of its most popular funds and ETFs from the start of July. The fee reductions include the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund, which is one of Vanguard's largest funds with more than $15 billion ...

OpenMarkets launches trading platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... advisers. OpenMarkets Equix allows investors to trade ASX-listed equities, warrants and exchange-traded products including ETFs. Equix will also allow clients to analyse portfolio performance, access charts and market depth, create alerts, set up watch ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
High net worth financial advisers may be reluctant to allocate to active ETFs because of the cost benefits on offer with unlisted trusts. Active ETFs account for just $3 billion of Australia's total $47 billion invested through exchange-traded products. ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... on these trends." This is Legg Mason and BetaShares' fourth active ETF together. The two have previously launched active ETFs for fixed income (ASX: BNDS ) and equity strategies (ASX: EINC, RINC ).

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... options - moderate, balanced and growth - aim to optimise capital efficiency over the long-term by investing in multiple ETFs. Asset classes include domestic and international equities and investment-grade debt securities. Meanwhile, the income-based ...

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... launch an active fixed income strategy as a Chi-X quoted fund on a date to be announced soon. Chi-X is gearing up to list ETFs instead of just trading them. It will start its quoted fund market with fixed income funds as the initial listings. The exchange ...

New Perennial small caps active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... actively-managed ESG ETF in Australia. Betashares (ASX: SMLL) and K2 Asset Management (ASX: KSM) have actively-managed small caps ETFs but these are not ESG focused. IMPQ will hold between 20 and 70 Australian/New Zealand stocks and exclude companies ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this morning, Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall identified a number of ETFs open to Australian ...

Morningstar adds Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... investors and those that serve them to access new pools of liquidity and differentiated investment products, such as the TRaCRs, ETFs and warrants listed on Chi-X Australia," he said. Chi-X is led by Vic Jokovic who joined as chief executive last January ...