More to bank income securities than hybrids, says new active ETF manager
This month’s launch of the actively managed Seed Financial Income Fund Active ETF (ASX: SFIF) makes accessible to a much broader range of investors the...
Fixed-interest ETFs supplanting bank hybrids in retail portfolios: AUSIEX
APRA’s decision to draw the curtain on this controversial investment that blends debt and equity might be seven years away, but investors are increasingly...
Mutual funds double in nine years, bond funds in driver’s seat
Managed funds inflows surged five-fold in Australia in 2024, but exchange-traded funds (ETFs) left them in the dust, as investors continued to prefer the...
ETFs soar on face value and market performance, despite elevated risks
Whether there's an ETF bubble brewing or not is moot, and the debate only obfuscates the real risks. When markets do recalibrate, how will a new generation of...
Advisers pushing for more support and education on ETF product set: Cerulli
The US and Australian advice systems may not be completely analogous, but ETF usage is surging across both markets and the need for more resources is becoming...
'Still weak': Listed asset managers need to evolve rapidly to escape ETF obliteration
With traditional equity managers losing the fight against passive product providers, diversification into more specialist classes of asset management may...
ETF investors 'leaving money on the table' without discernment
ETFs may have utility, but the notion that you can diversify responsibility of each individual investment needs to be challenged according to managers at The...
Soaring ETF market needs asset servicing to match its growth
Inefficiencies in the back office and clearing systems that the burgeoning ETF market relies on need to be rooted out, but data shows there may be a disconnect...
Digital asset ETFs surge, but US advisers have little interest in recommending them
The relative lack of adoption in advice isn't particularly surprising given its volatile nature and the unregulated state of the digital asset sector. But that...
Model portfolios fuel ETF growth spike in US adviser channels
ETF usage is growing exponentially in the US, aided in no small part by increased adoption by Registered Investment Advisors who are all-in on the model...
Claremont Global lists active ETF versions of popular high conviction funds
With over 2 million Australians invested in ETFs and every second SMSF holding them, it's little wonder managers are keen to launch active ETF versions of...