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BetaShares beefs up team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... O'Connor joins BetaShares from Bell Potter Securities, where he was an associate adviser with a focus on ASX-listed equities and ETFs. The two new appointments come as the ETF industry continues its strong growth trajectory and follows on from BetaShares' ...

ETF survey offers chance to win $300 MYER voucher

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... Standard Best Practice Exchange Traded Funds Forum survey. The survey is designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs are impacting the marketplace to enable us to develop more informed editorial content for our readers. Taking about five ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... last year and a couple of them had enormous success, a couple of them didn't - that goes to the point that active managed ETFs are not the golden goose that's going to lay eggs for everyone. You still have to have a differentiated offering and support ...

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... largest international energy companies, including Exxon, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total. Further global sector ETFs will follow, including products targeting agriculture, healthcare, gold and banks. Commenting on the launch, BetaShares managing ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... and most importantly, opportunity," Murphy said. "However this is changing - recent innovations, such as XTBs, fixed income ETFs and exchange-traded Australian government bonds, are making it much easier for retail investors to access fixed income, on ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... Zenith, respectively. Lonsec assigned a 'Recommended Index' rating to VanEck's IFRA, citing VanEck's track record in managing ETFs and close working relationship of the global business as reasons for the rating. The Lonsec report also noted that the ...

AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... partnership will extend to a third fund, the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) in the next few weeks. The new managed ETFs use the same investment strategies as their corresponding AMP Capital managed funds. "We're pleased to give investors ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... (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 that gains ...

SMSF accountants seek investment product knowledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... to better understand tax advantages of individual investment products. He said annuities, direct shares, managed funds and ETFs are the top products where accountants want more information and education before recommending them to SMSF clients. The Investment ...

Global equities tease income opportunity

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... easily accessible using cost-effective ETF products as building blocks of an income portfolio. This a view presented by SPDR ETFs in a white paper released by State Street Global Advisors Australia (SSGA). The paper said investors should consider global ...