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European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. Amundi ETF, Indexing and Smart Beta global head of product development and capital markets Matthieu Guignard said: "We decided to launch this ETF tracking the ...

VanEck ETFs receive Zenith rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Two VanEck smart beta ETFs have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF were awarded the rating in what VanEck Australia managing director ...

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... four new exchange-traded funds in Australia, targeting minimum volatility and multifactor strategies. The iShares Edge Smart Beta products comprise the iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF, the iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ...

Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... investors use so-called passive instruments: to implement active asset allocation decisions and, through allocations to smart beta, as ways to correct or benefit from systematic mis-pricing. "In reality, institutional investors use passive allocations ...

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... themselves to complement a super fund's discrete factor approach. It says super funds face a real risk in seeking "smart beta" through factor investing because it may deliver a poorly-constructed active strategy or "dumb alpha." Bouchey said the firm ...

Proliferation of global equity products meet investor demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... the previous year. In addition, the research demonstrated that investors continue to benefit from advances such as smart beta, SMAs, ETFs and mFunds. Lonsec's general manager of equities Peter Green says there is no immediate sign of the significant ...

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... past 12 months and 22.17% over the past 6 months," VanEck Australia's managing director Arian Neiron said. MVR is a smart beta ETF which tracks the MVIS Australia Energy & Mining Index providing investors with exposure to the largest and most liquid ...

AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... it's also now been rated as Recommended by Lonsec due to its proficiency at generating risk-adjusted returns. "The smart beta equity strategy offers a sensible middle ground between blind index tracking and alpha-oriented strategies so equips equity ...

UK IFAs increasingly outsourcing to DFMs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... of DFMs reporting some allocation, 55% said they invest in index tracking funds and only 30% stated they invest in smart beta funds. "Although few DFMs expect their allocation to passive investments to decrease, the majority do not plan to increase allocations ...

Vast majority of advisers turning to smart beta: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Over 90% of financial advisers and brokers are considering investing in smart beta strategies in the future, according to VanEck research. The research was based on a survey of 120 financial professionals and brokers working in an advisory capacity ...