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BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
BetaShares has launched two new exchange traded funds to give investors low-cost diversified exposure to global healthcare and agriculture stocks. The new funds are BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: DRUG) and the BetaShares Global ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
ETF provider BetaShares has added two new exchange traded funds to its growing stable. The new products are BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). Both are hedged ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... client investment portfolios, according to a leading industry executive. Speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded Funds Best Practice Forum in Sydney yesterday, iShares head Jon Howie said there were several trends shaping how ETFs can play ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... industry's biggest change is and will continue to be SMSF investment. Speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded Funds Best Practice Forum in Sydney today, Shead said ETFs are almost custom made for the SMSF sector. "[They are] a really good ...

Gold delivers for ETF investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Exposure to gold exchange traded funds delivered the best Australian ETF performance for investors during the first half of 2016, according to the latest report from BetaShares. Gold exposures, both through physical gold bullion and gold miners, not ...

ETF pioneer donates $100m to ANU

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... Tuckwell scholars at the university at one time. Tuckwell founded ETF Securities, the world's seventh largest exchange traded funds provider with US$30 billion in assets under management, in 2003. The company launched the world's first physically-backed ...

BetaShares beefs up team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... industry continues its strong growth trajectory and follows on from BetaShares' recent launch of a series of exchange traded funds. BetaShares' managing director Alex Vynokur said: "The ETF industry is growing rapidly. We are committed to driving this ...

ETF survey offers chance to win $300 MYER voucher

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... intermediaries can win a $300 MYER gift voucher by completing the first annual Financial Standard Best Practice Exchange Traded Funds Forum survey. The survey is designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs are impacting the marketplace to ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... Commission (SEC), is considering introducing measures to restrict how much mutual funds can invest in leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs). The product type gives investors geared exposure to a given index. The effect of using borrowed money means ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... market trends. The third part of the offering is a model portfolio service - a fully implemented portfolio of exchange traded funds for both the SAA and DAA. The final module is a separate set of model portfolios that have been optimised to provide enhanced ...