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Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Actively managed global equities exchange-traded products have grown significantly off the back of ETPs converting from unlisted unit trusts. In September 2020, total assets of actively managed international equities ETPs were $3.7 billion, representing ...

T. Rowe Price launches two new products

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... announced the launch of the Global Select Equity Strategy via T. Rowe Price's Concentrated Global Equity Australian Unit Trust and the Global Select Equity Separately Managed Account (SMA). The products aim to use the firm's research platform to deliver ...

Unlisted unit trust conversions boost ETP sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Unlisted unit trusts converting to exchange-traded products continues to bolster the $125.3 billion sector, new research suggests. Rainmaker's September 2021 ETP report found the growth in ETP assets was driven by the conversion of unlisted unit ...

New Bitcoin fund promises tax efficiency

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... Zealand. Gardiner said the Vault fund could be a tax-efficient option for Australians given the New Zealand domiciled unit trust structure - known as a portfolio investment entity (PIE) - is zero-rated for offshore-based investors. "Vault does not have ...

Family office makes crypto play

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... seeded with a material cornerstone investment from VSG. The fund provides pure bitcoin exposure through a regulated unit trust and is covered by insurance underwritten by Lloyds of London. It has been designed to track the price of Bitcoin without having ...

MFS Investment Management launches new trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... Grossman in Boston. It will be available to Australian and New Zealand advisers and wholesale investors as Australian Unit Trust and will later be available on retail platforms in Q4. The MFS Global New Discovery Trust has been available to investors ...

SEEK raising $260m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... from external investors for a new fund that invests in employment-related businesses. The SEEK Growth Fund is a pooled unit trust formed after SEEK's strategic review of its Asia Pacific and Americas Investments business announced in February. SEEK will ...

Only one quarter of ETP growth from performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
Australia's exchange traded product market reached $115 billion at the end of June 2021, increasing 76% in 12 months - but according to Rainmaker research, only a small portion of that growth came from performance. The latest Rainmaker data shows $35 ...

Royce Investment Partners launches small-cap fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... market with a global small-cap fund. The Royce Global Small-Cap Premier Fund is an actively managed, unlisted Australian unit trust that will not invest in companies listed on the ASX. The fund will invest in between 60 and 85 companies with no more ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... in Australia has appointed its chief investment officer from Blue Sky Alternatives. The Monochrome Bitcoin Fund, a unit trust aiming to provide institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin, launched last month. David Hobart has been appointed chief investment ...