ETFS

Funds management

Market Vectors ETFs (exchange traded funds) will launch four new ETFs on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) designed to track its own purpose-built indices....

image
Editorial

BlackRock Australia’s Jonathan Howie explains why ETFs can work in the best interests of clients and financial advisers. ...

image
Editorial

Although many investors were burned during the GFC by the liquidity shortfalls of alternative investments, retail investors now have better opportunities to build up port...

image
Funds management

Former fund manager claims actively managed funds’ fees charge investors more than once for same services....

image
Funds management

ETFs have hit record highs on inflows as advisers make them a central part of portfolio plays....

image
Funds management

ETFs have moved onto a level playing field with actively managed investment products as a result of the FOFA reforms — but the onus is still on ETFs for people to invest ...

image
Funds management

The Australian ETF market has reached $8.25 billion in assets under management, with market capitalisation growing by 8.1 per cent over the month of July, BetaShare’s lat...

image
Financial planning

ETF specialist BetaShares announced this week that it had been awarded two further ‘Recommended Index' ratings from Lonsec....

image
Funds management

The unsustainable nature of emerging Asia businesses highlights the importance of taking an active management approach and maintaining a high degree of conviction when in...

image
Financial planning

Japan has embarked upon a bold new experiment to boost its moribund economy using monetary, fiscal and structural measures – the “three arrows” – and investors too will n...

image
Funds management

iShares holds more than a quarter of the market, but still trails State Street Global Advisers which holds 40 per cent of the market. ...

image
Funds management

The ETF sector brought in more money in the first half of this year than it did throughout 2012, according to the latest figures released by BetaShares....

image
Financial planning

UBS has paid $30,000 in relation to an infringement notice from the Markets Disciplinary Panel. ...

image
Superannuation

Industry super funds appear to be making desperate attempts to retain those members most likely to break away and set up a self-managed super fund, as Damon Taylor report...

image
Financial planning

State Street Global Advisers has launched an international equities ETF that it claims mitigates currency risk....

image
sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 3 weeks ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

5 days 7 hours ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

2 weeks 1 day ago