04.10.2012 - ETFs hit $6bln
Growth in Exchange Traded Funds has slowed in the last few years but in the year to end September 2012 they still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on separate research by Rainmaker, but only about 0.5% of stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF providers, StateStreet with 48% of the market, iShares with 23%, Vanguard with 9%, and BetaShares and Russell with 3% each. Other providers control only 14% of the market, showing how handling ETFs is a sophisticated service that only a few providers can master, let alone draw sustainable scale and profit from...............................................Full Article: Source
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