Global assets invested in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) hit an all-time high of nearly US$2 trillion ($1.95 trillion) at the end of 2012. ETF and ETP assets have increased by 27.6% from $1.53 trillion to $1.95 trillion during 2012, according to figures from ETFGI’s monthly Global ETF and ETP industry insights. [...]
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Jan
2013
Specialist investment research house Lonsec said the search for yield has fast made its way into the ETF space, but warns investors to be aware of what they are really gaining exposure to. Michael Elsworth, General Manager – Specialised Research, Lonsec, said that the current subdued global growth prospects meant the search for yield is [...]
continue readingAssets in ETFs and ETPs reached all-time highs of US$1.3 trillion in the US, US$359 billion in Europe, US$78.7 billion in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), US$46.9 billion in Japan and US$11.6 billion in Latin America. Year to date through end of November 2012, ETF and ETP assets have increased by 23.8% from US$1.5 trillion to US$1.9 [...]
continue readingAccording to ETFGI US$13.5 billion of net new assets (NNA) flowed into global Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in October which is lower than the US$40 billion of net inflows in September 2012. Investors and investments suffered from growing uncertainty in October over the likely outcome of the US presidential election, [...]
continue readingETFGI announced today that net new asset inflows into global Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) hit an all-time high of US$188 billion year-to-date through end of Q3 2012, which is US$18 billion more than the prior record of US$170 billion gathered in 2011. Assets in global ETFs and ETPs reached a [...]
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Jun
2012
Economic uncertainty in Europe and China sparked a flight to safety that yielded a record setting month for fixed income ETPs, with the products attracting $11.0 billion in net flows, compared with $9.1 billion for the previous record month, January 2012. Government bond ETPs attracted record breaking inflows of $5.6 billion driven by flows of [...]
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Apr
2012
During March 2012, 7 new ETFs were quoted – the largest monthly issuance of ETFs since October / November 2007. Six of the new ETFs covered fixed income and were issued by Russell Investments and iShares. Other ETF issuers such as Vanguard are expected to quote their fixed income ETF offering soon. The 7th new [...]
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Mar
2012
BetaShares has today announced the listing of the first high interest cash ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange. Trading under the ASX code “AAA”, and employing a very simple and secure structure, the BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF holds Australian dollars in bank deposit accounts with one or more major banks in Australia. The [...]
continue readingVanguard has announced the expense ratio for the Vanguard All-World Ex-US Shares Index ETF (VEU) has declined from 0.22 per cent p.a. to 0.18 per cent p.a*. Keeping investment costs low for investors is at the heart of Vanguard’s investment philosophy. This fee reduction is a function of the way Vanguard’s US domiciled funds operate – [...]
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Feb
2012
Award-winning ETF authority, Deborah Fuhr, together with her long-established team, announced today the formation of ETF Global Insight, an independent research and consultancy firm aimed at providing services to the rapidly expanding global Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) industry. The new firm is focused on providing thought leadership; publishing independent research on the industry, products, applications, competitor [...]
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