News : ETFs

Gold an option for alternative investments

December 10, 2019

SMSF investors seeking alternative assets to offset low interest rates can access gold investments at retail rates while gaining strong capital growth.

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ETFs

Index ETFs the better performers

August 7, 2019

Darin Tyson-Chan

Index exchange-traded funds generated greater returns than their actively managed counterparts over the past year, according the latest market research.

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ETFs

SelfWealth set to launch new ETF

January 9, 2019

Malavika Santhebennur

Online broker SelfWealth has announced it has secured $100 million in seed funding from Graham Tuckwell’s ETFS Capital to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the SMSF Leaders ETF. The SelfWealth SMSF Leaders ETF is expected to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the first quarter of 2019. The product’s portfolio is based […]

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ETFs, Fixed Income

Fixed income active ETF to target SMSFs

December 10, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

BetaShares and Legg Mason have launched Australia’s first fixed income active exchange-traded fund (ETF), which will target SMSFs and other retail investors.

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ETFs, International Shares

BetaShares unveils global income ETF

November 7, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

BetaShares has launched its Global Income Leaders ETF, providing SMSF investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of 100 companies, ex-Australia.

Industry’s best recognised

September 12, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

The 2018 SMSF Service Provider Awards, co-hosted by smstrusteenews and research house CoreData, have given trustees the opportunity to acknowledge the firms considered to have provided the best offerings in the sector throughout the year.

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ETFs

Magellan makes its own ETF market

April 11, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

Global fund manager Magellan Financial Group has taken on the role of market maker for its active exchange-traded funds (ETF) to ensure investors are provided with a sufficient level of liquidity in the offering.

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ETFs

Market concerns over ETFs unwarranted

February 9, 2018

Darin Tyson-Chan

Accusations the exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector is creating an investment market bubble are unfounded and inaccurate, a financial services sector economist has said.

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ETP market set to end year on record high

December 8, 2017

Malavika Santhebennur

Australia’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market is projected to finish the year at $35 billion in assets, with investors increasingly opting for low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETF), according to VanEck.

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ETFs

ETFs can facilitate multiple strategies

June 9, 2017

Darin Tyson-Chan

An economist has moved to dispel the myth that exchange traded funds (ETFs) are instruments allowing access to equities indices only, insisting instead these structures can be used to enable a number of different investment strategies.

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