Active strategies are expected to thrive in volatile times but research by VanEck has found more advisers are opting to use smart beta ones....
Scientific Beta has unveiled plans to expand into Australia and New Zealand with new offices and local hires....
There are ways for smart beta multi-factor strategies to help improve portfolio diversification and offer benefits for investors, explains Mike Aked....
Advisers are increasing their use of exchange traded funds to reduce overall portfolio costs, and 75% of advisers think smart beta strategies are going to become more pre...
The two funds would give investors exposure to value stocks or international developed market small-cap quality growth companies....
Advisers are keen to increase their usage of smart-beta exchange traded funds as awareness grows of the sector and advisers consider cheaper investment options ...
Education around smart beta remains the biggest challenge to their uptake, according to VanEck, with over half of investors saying they do not know enough about them. ...
Arian Neiron writes that a combination of high fees and underperformance means that Australian equity managers are due to be disrupted, and that smart beta could be how t...
Adoption of smart-beta strategies has reached a record high with 58 per cent of institutional investors using this type of strategy, as concerns about the long-term track...
The majority of Australian active managers may be charging fees that are too high, according to VanEck’s analysis....
The Australian exchange traded product industry has experienced record net inflows of $574.4 million in January, the highest January intake on record, according to VanEck...
Investors are increasing their allocation to smart beta exchange traded fund products, according to the VanEck ETF IQ Scorecard....
VanEck is set to launch its Vectors China New Economy ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange in November....
Even for asset managers skilled enough to produce alpha, chances are their clients won’t be able to fully capture it in their own portfolios because of the clients’ inves...
The exchange-traded product industry is expected to reach at least $48 billion by year end, according to VanEck....
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...