etfs

Energy, its costs and its production have been in the news a lot recently. Putting the politics aside, two facts remain: there are finite reserves of fossil fuels; and...

We are now in the mid-cycle. Morgan Stanley believes investors should be rotating within their equity allocation to be more aligned to the cyclicality of the current...

Unless you're bartering furs to sustain yourself in some wild corner of the world, you are afloat in the massive technological disruption sweeping the financial...

As if it was not hard enough for income-seeking investors, global interest rates were plumbing all-time lows at the start of 2020, even before the pandemic hit....

We’ve talked extensively about the rise of smart beta and the disruption of active management. We think that smart beta products are a disruptive innovation with the...

ETF liquidity – everyone wants it, and sure enough, the most common questions clients ask us at ETF Securities are about liquidity. Investors want assurance that ETFs...

On June 16th the yield on 10-Year US Treasury Notes was higher at ~1.6% after the Federal Reserve signposted a rise in interest rates next year with two increases...

Over the past 20 years, the trend of investors seeking out lower cost investments that seek to match (rather than beat) the benchmark has exploded. As of March 2020,...

Companies have been adopting robotics and automation into their businesses for many decades now. Robots are essentially programmable machines and can offer businesses...

Here's a little sizzling fun fact for your Friday after-work drinks. There is now more than $102 billion invested in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Australia, with...

2020 was a standout year globally for ETFs, with the pandemic causing investors to turn to the liquidity and accessibility of ETFs in their droves in incredibly...

The Australian ETF market is finally hitting its stride. Investors flocked to ETFs in 2020, pushing assets under management to $94.44bn, nearly triple its value three...

Blame Canada! That's where exchange-traded funds (ETF) came from; the inaugural fund, known as Toronto Index Participation Shares (TIPS), listed in 1990 and tracked...

The Australian ETF industry has extended its strong growth run, exceeding the $70B milestone for the first time. Apart from our usual wrap up of the month in ETFs, we...

Search queries for exchange-traded funds (ETF) have exploded in 2020, especially on the back of COVID-19. The number of people seeking information on Google for this...

Summary Gold prices recently topped USD 1,800 per ounce, with the metal matching its highest ever quarterly close in USD in June. Gold exchange traded products...

There’s no doubt COVID-19 has been causing a roller-coaster of concern for investors. But Alex Vynokur, BetaShares chief executive officer, says the situation has also...

Uncertainty and periods of volatility are an expected part of life as well as financial markets and investors should be considering how to factor these into their...

The recent market volatility has seen significant growth in ETF trading volumes, as investors have flocked to ETFs due to their liquidity, transparency and the ease of...

When I asked friends and colleagues around the industry how their portfolio performed during March, the most common reaction was “I’m too scared to look”. And when...