The property downturn is turning into an investor stampede into ETFs

A sharp slowdown in the country’s real estate market has sent investors rushing towards Australian-listed exchange-traded funds, with a record $6.8 billion poured into index tracking products last month alone.And the biggest beneficiary appears to be income funds – including high dividend-paying products and bond strategies – which received more than a quarter of those inflows, according to Global X, a major ETF provider.Loading…