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New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
New research from ETF Securities has revealed that three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw tens of millions in inflows during the second quarter, while six UBS products exited the market. The products included ETF Securities' ETFS FANG+ ETF on March ...

Boom time for exchanges

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... uptick in their profits, as COVID-19 volatility pushes up their revenues from higher transactions. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Tokyo and Japan exchanges have all reported a surge in their revenues in the March quarter, as the markets became ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... likeminded professionals in the SMSF sector to stay informed of technical and policy issues and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas," SISFA managing director Michael Lorimer said. "While this has been successful, it has become noticeable that the ...

Platform to shine light on structured products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... Streater, the firm's new technology allows for daily active tracking of underlying assets, with price feeds from stock exchange's around the world, overcoming the challenge of structured products tracking one or more underlying assets "with respect to ...

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... pitted against its ETF version in the latest ratings review. "This unlisted vehicle is far more expensive than comparable exchange-traded offerings, including Vanguard's listed version of this strategy VHY, which costs a low 25 basis points," Huynh ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
The chief compliance officer of the ASX has revealed the stock exchange is continuing to focus on advisers gouging fees during the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance ...

Macquarie advice shift offers mixed results

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... management rose by 10%, thanks to investments by managed funds, an acquisition by its asset management arm, and foreign exchange movements. However, those impacts were partially offset by recent market movements, a reduction in contractual insurance ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... trade-off is lower overall returns and generally worse liquidity which can lead to much higher volatility." Despite this, exchange traded products with a high yield focus seem to be less risky, he said. "The exchange traded versions of high yield funds ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... economy. UK GDP growth shrank for the seventh straight quarter in June 1992 and the pound sterling was forced out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) on the 16th of September of the same year - sending the British currency crashing by 18.2% and making ...

Volatility continues to drive investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... by COVID-19, with the ASX recording ever-increasing trading volumes. Average daily trades on the Australian Securities Exchange continue to rise, as investors deal with the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. In its latest monthly activity report, the ASX ...