Australia: the forgotten ETF market

The Australian ETF industry is often overlooked, at least compared to the coverage in the US or Europe.
However, January started with a bang bringing the Australia ETF industry to a record $138.5 billion in AUM across approximately 240 ASX-listed ETFs.

A casualty on the ETF battlefield

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UniCredit liquidated its two remaining ETFs showing just how hard it is to succeed in certain markets. Australia reported positive ETF flows for October and is quietly catching up to Europe and America.

Purpose Investments to expand Down Under

Canadian Purpose Investments has plans to replicate the success of their $1.7bn bitcoin ETF in Australia. And Fidelity International joins the crypto space in Europe, plus a new FCA ESG rulings may finally drive larger inflows to UK listed ETFs.