BETASHARES

Financial planning

Despite the surprise of a drop in the unemployment rate to 6.8%, it covers up a weaker underlying market story, according to BetaShares’ chief economist....

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Funds management

Investors into exchange traded funds have poured $722 million into international equities during August compared to just $181 million into Aussie equities ones. ...

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Funds management

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought social and governance strongly into focus and two sustainable exchange traded funds were among the most popular products during July, ac...

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Funds management

The Australian exchange traded funds industry closed July at $67.2 billion, an all-time end of month high, according to BetaShares....

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Funds management

Some US$1.9 billion in assets went into Japanese equities over the last week but in Australia, no Japanese equity funds have made a return since the start of the year....

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Funds management

As the market share of fixed income exchange traded products declines, how have the funds themselves performed over the turbulent first half of 2020?...

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Funds management

Clients seeking to minimise the impact of currency fluctuations has prompted BetaShares to launch two currency-hedged versions of its flagship exchange traded funds....

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Funds management

Australian equity products were the dominant player during the first half of 2020 with flows at $3.5 billion, according to BetaShares. ...

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Features

The ETF market in Australia is unlikely to reach the heights or complexity of the US, writes Laura Dew, but industry experts believe the space is still a fast-growing and...

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Funds management

Technology funds have proved resilient as funds have regained COVID-19 sell-off losses and one fund manager believes growth prospects are stronger for technology than oth...

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Funds management

Over the last week investors globally piled US$1.4 billion into Japanese equities but most Australia-domiciled funds focused on the country have struggled to beat the sec...

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Funds management

Funds under management across the Australian exchange traded fund industry have grown more than 4% in May, according to BetaShares....

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Financial planning

The country has experienced the shortest and sharpest economic contraction in history as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic but challenging times will likely persist, Beta...

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Funds management

Investors poured more than $1 billion into exchange traded funds in April as the stockmarket rebounded after March’s crash with the sector seeing the second-largest month...

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Expert Analysis

A fund may describe itself as ‘sustainable’, writes Richard Montgomery, but how can you be sure its actions in investment are more than just a label?...

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