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SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
State Street Global Advisors US head of capital markets David LaValle believes the concerns regarding ETFs causing valuation distortions in equity markets are founded in some fundamental misunderstandings about these investment vehicles. Speaking as ...

Vanguard rolls out multi-asset ETF suite

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... multi-asset exchange-traded funds, which offer diversified portfolios within a single trade. The four Vanguard Diversified Index ETFs - Conservative (VDCO), Balanced (VDBA), Growth (VDGR) and High Growth (VDHG) - will allow investors to gain diversification ...

XTB expands retail offering, launches responsible SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... out-compete the indices." In the past 12 months, XTBs outperformed the Composite Bond Index and the Credit Index, as well as ETFs and managed funds. Martin warned advisers of the falsehood that investing in fixed income ETFs must be the same as investing ...

China A-shares ETFs launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
A Hong Kong investment firm has launched two smart beta China equity ETFs designed to provide investors with diversified exposure to the China A-shares markets. Asian ETF specialists Premia Partners said the new products track the Chinese Securities ...

VanEck hires for expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Securities. Formerly a financial intermediary's analyst at JBWere, Campbell Stevens has joined VanEck to promote its range of ETFs to financial advisers and stock brokers and provide investment solutions and support to clients. The ETF provider has also ...

Praemium grows SMA options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... the total number of model portfolios available in the Praemium SMA to 579. Praemium also added 27 new managed funds and 14 ETFs/LICs with the number of individual managed funds now at 301. Praemium head of distribution Martin Morris said the addition ...

Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... causing bubbles, according to Financial Standard's weekly poll. Twenty per cent of respondents strongly agreed the inflow to ETFs was creating bubbles and overinflated share valuations, while the same amount strongly disagreed with this rationale. One-in-four ...

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... employees owning multiple super funds and life insurance policies. The new Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks: Are ETFs distorting share prices and leading to bubbles?

Asset manager seeks to demystify hybrids

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... but with the added liquidity and diversification benefits of allocating portions of the portfolio to exchange-traded funds (ETFs). "We can use ETFs to diversify the portfolio and improve the risk-return profile. It helps you reduce the risk without materially ...

VanEck Australia makes first billion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
VanEck Australia credited investors buying smart beta ETFs with helping it accumulate $1 billion in funds under management in just three years. Achieving the milestone last week, Australia's fifth largest ETF provider said recent years have seen the ...