SSgA looks to expand ETF suite

ETFs australian market self-managed super funds

24 January 2011
| By Chris Kennedy |

State Street Global Advisers is looking to take a measured approach to the expansion of its current suite of exchange traded funds (ETFs) offered in the Australian market, according to State Street’s recently appointed head of exchange-traded funds for Asia Pacific, Frank Henze.

Henze stressed the firm’s commitment to grow its suite of ETF products through innovation, but rather than releasing a whole suite of new products the firm would look to gauge the market’s needs to ensure the products it released were suitable, he said.

The next offering would likely be a fixed income ETF, adding to the four products already in the Australian market – ETFs based on the S&P/ASX 200 and S&P/ASX 50 indexes, a listed property ETF benchmarked to the S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Index and a high-dividend yield ETF based on the MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield index. The firm's 12 Asia-Pacific ETF offerings also include a further eight ETFs in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, he added.

The S&P200 index was a core driver of ETFs in Australia due to its recognition among investors, recognised liquidity and the confidence investors draw from that index in terms of being embedded within the infrastructure in Australia.

ETFs would continue to grow in importance due to a renewed focus on transparency and liquidity, he said. This would be particularly influenced by self-managed super funds and high-net-worth investors who were looking for simple and low-cost access to particular segments of the market, Henze said.

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