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Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Vanguard Australia has launched a new Australian shares ETF with an ESG focus, adding to its range of ethical investment options. The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and ETF will invest in approximately 240 ASX listed shares with ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A UK investment platform has cancelled its usual list of the top 50 funds after it backed a fund that got suspended and promoted funds with discounted fees. Hargreaves Lansdown, a FTSE 100 company, will no longer publish the Wealth 50 which it called ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
VanEck Australia is changing the index of China A-shares ETF and, as a result, will stop investing via its NYSE-listed counterpart. The VanEck Vectors China CSI 300 ETF (CETF) currently tracks CSI 300 index which covers the 300 largest and most liquid ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
The government's $130 billion JobKeeper stimulus package saw the ASX soar 7% in its best session in 40 years. But are we witnessing a market recovery, or just a dead cat bounce? Today, the Aussie bourse followed a strong session in the US overnight ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
For the first time since 2001, S&P has delayed its quarterly rebalance of the ASX 200 amid volatility, in what industry watchers say could help ETF investors save costs, but raises questions about the passive versus active nature of indices. S&P Dow ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Latest insights show the fortunes of the 2019 equities rally laggards have changed, having so far come out on top during the COVID-19 crisis. Asia and emerging market strategies have topped their diversified global equities counterparts amid the dramatic ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Global markets, already feeling the burn from the spreading COVID-19 virus, have tumbled further, after Saudi Arabia sparked an oil price war which saw oil futures plunge more than 30%. Nearly $140 billion was wiped from the S&P/ASX 200 yesterday, as ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
FTSE Russell has announced a new head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, in a newly-created role. Helena Fung will take on the role, being responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable investment indexes and data services across the Asia Pacific ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
From this voting season, State Street Global Advisors will take action against board members of ASX 100 companies it feels are lagging on ESG issues. SSGA chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala has written to board members to outline the manager's new approach ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...