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Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Vanguard Australia has launched a new Australian shares ETF with an ESG focus, adding to its range of ethical investment options. The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and ETF will invest in approximately 240 ASX listed shares with ...

Superhero sets eyes on managed accounts

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... various themes. BetaShares sustainability, US and Asia focused ETFs, and VanEck's recently launched gaming and esports ETF had so far proved popular with investors on the platform, he said. Even still, Winters said that only around 15% of trades ...

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... inexpensive means to gain the exposure. Interestingly, 70% of investors plan to replace active managers and increase their ETF allocation. EDHEC-Risk Institute director Lionel Martellini said the findings confirm that ESG investing has become a key force ...

ETF Securities chief exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The ETF issuer is restructuring its management, which will see its chief Kris Walesby exit as founder and chair Graham Tuckwell increases his involvement in the business. Graham Tuckwell, who spent a decade in Jersey and returned to Australia in 2019 ...

Vanguard to cull institutional mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The investing giant will wind up mandates with 12 local institutional investors, as it pivots away from the lower-fee business line to retail, adviser and its in-house super offering. Vanguard will discontinue special mandates but still allow them in ...

Shariah-compliant ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
A Shariah-compliant global equity ETF, touted as the world's first, has listed on the London Stock Exchange. The actively managed Almalia Sanlam Active Shariah Global Equity UCITS ETF (AMAL) aims to achieve capital growth over the medium to long ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... misleading. Many ETFs have the same name - but invest differently and follow different indices. BlackRock's US Aggregate Bond ETF and Charles Schwab's US Aggregate Bond ETF are examples. ETFs with similar names, tracking similar or related indices ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... from 37% in 2016. VanEck's managing director and head of Asia Pacific, Arian Neiron said: "We are seeing a sharp rise in ETF use in Australia, with the majority of respondents, or 73%, having increased their use of ETFs in the last year. The main ...

ASI bolsters SMA service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Profusion Planning have joined the SMA service, which has goals-based models and manages 18 multi-asset, Australian equities and ETF portfolios, aiming to give time back to advisers. Aberdeen Standard Investments head of wholesale sales Con Koromilas ...

Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Lazard Global Small Cap W) and five Platinum funds (Platinum Capital Limited, Platinum Global Fund, Platinum International ETF, Platinum International Fund and Platinum Unhedged Fund). Other downgrades included the Acadian Wholesale Global Equity Long ...