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UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Rainmaker's analysis of wholesale funds showed. Despite strong performance, the sector underperformed the market index of 23.7% p.a. by 2.6 percentage points. Nonetheless, it beat the returns of Australian small cap equities (20.1% p.a.), international ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
Betashares has introduced a currency hedged version of its S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (ASX: QUS). QUS has amassed over $380 million in funds under management (FUM), appealing to investors looking to maintain exposure to a broad portfolio of US shares ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... per adult, Australia ranks second to Luxembourg. Australia also ranks highly for distribution of wealth, with a Gini Index of 54 seeing it ranked third in terms of wealth equality. McAuley said strong growth in superannuation and property has spurred ...

BlackRock has most valuable brand, study finds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Management, coming in second with a brand value just under US$7 billion. However, it had the strongest brand strength index of 87.4 out of 100. Coming in third was Vanguard at US$6 billion. Meanwhile, for value PIF leads among SWFs due to its investment ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... the Nasdaq-100 Index. In third place, the BetaShares Global Uranium ETF (ASX: URNM) returned 68.9%. The fund tracks an index of leading companies in the global uranium industry. Its major holdings include Cameco, Kazatomprom, and the Sprott Physical ...

BlackRock iShares adds to factor ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... iShares MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF (WVOL). The iShares MSCI World ex Australia Momentum ETF (IMTM) will track the index of the same name, which identifies large- and mid-cap developed global companies that have done well over the last six to 12 ...

Betashares launches cash plus managed fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
The Betashares Australian Cash Plus Fund (managed fund) (MMKT) offers investors access to a diversified portfolio that includes Australian dollar cash and short-term money market securities. According to Betashares, most money market securities in the ...

Betashares launches currency-hedged FTSE 100 ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
Betashares has launched its FTSE 100 Currency Hedged ETF (H100) on the ASX, to provide local investors exposure to global blue-chip companies. According to Betashares, the ETF will track the performance of the AUD currency-hedged FTSE 100 Index, before ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... period of low wages growth. It took several years after mining investment had peaked for the real Australia trade-weighted index of the exchange rate (TWI) to return close to its pre-mining boom level. But, while slower wages contributed only gradually ...
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