In a declining interest rate environment, where investors are finding it increasingly difficult to rely upon traditional exposures to cash, bonds or equities to deliver adequate income with reduced levels of volatility, BetaShares has launched a listed managed fund aimed at filling this gap. BetaShares Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) trades [...]
continue readingBetaShares has launched the BEAR Fund on the ASX – the first managed fund which allows investors to profit from, or hedge against, a decline in the value of the Australian equities market. The BEAR Fund will trade under the ASX Code “BEAR” and seeks to generate returns that are negatively correlated with the movements [...]
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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 [...]
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Dec
2011
BetaShares today announced the launch of the first exchange traded fund (ETF) on the ASX that provides exposure to a broadly diversified basket of commodities. The ETF, which will trade under the ASX code “QCB”, aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI Light Energy Index. The Index tracks the price performance of futures [...]
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Dec
2011
BetaShares has announced the launch of the first Agriculture exchange traded fund (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange. The ETF, which will trade under the ASX code “QAG”, aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI Agriculture Enhanced Select Index. The Index provides exposure to 4 of the most significant agricultural commodities on a world [...]
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Nov
2011
BetaShares has announced the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange – expanding the investment options available to Australian retail and institutional investors. The ETF, which will trade under the ASX code “OOO”, aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index. The Index tracks the [...]
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Oct
2011
The BetaShares Australian ETF Review for September indicates a reversal from a month of net redemptions in August. In September, the ETF industry returned to growth with units outstanding increasing by 1.5 per cent representing $25 million of “new money”. This was in contrast to declines in the ETF total market cap which reduced by [...]
continue readingWhile the local ETF market has boomed over the past three years, August saw a reversal of this trend as the industry experienced net redemptions of approximately $70 million as assets under management contracted, according to the BetaShares Australian ETF Review. Although the shrinking of net assets position of ETFs was small, the month of [...]
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Aug
2011
Investors can now access leveraged investment in pure gold bullion exposure on ASX. Leading ETF provider BetaShares today announced the launch of a leveraged trading tool on the BetaShares Gold Bullion ETF (A$ Hedged). The Macquarie QAU Mini Long (ASX Code: QAUKMA) allows investors to access leveraged exposure to gold without margin calls. For a [...]
continue readingThe strong correlation between gold prices and the Australian dollar has impacted unhedged gold exposures which have consistently under-performed hedged gold exposures historically, analysis by BetaShares shows. For example, while spot gold prices surged 74% in the period December 2008 through end May 2011, unhedged spot gold returned only 14%. This is because a rise [...]
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