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FTSE Russell partners with $7bn super fund to create new indices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
FTSE Russell partnering with a $7 billion fund to roll out a series of indices designed specifically for Australian superannuation funds investing in global equities. The FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series, created in partnership ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... Brexit vote or the 2016 Presidential Election. Most people have forgotten that on the first day after the Brexit vote, the FTSE 100 (an index of the 100 largest market cap stocks on the London Stock Exchange) declined 3.15%, but then finished the week ...

FTSE Russell launches gender diversity indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
FTSE Russell has launched a series of indices to meet the growing demand for more transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in passive investments. The FTSE Women on Boards Leadership Index Series is designed to integrate a company's ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... (+2.6%), Dow Jones Industrials (+2.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+3.4%), Russell 2000 (+1.6%) -- surged to new record highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%); the All Ordinaries Index soared to its highest level in a decade (+1.0%); the Nikkei-225 to its ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... Brexit negotiations, the economy is doing just nicely, thank you very much. Despite some slight weakening in recent days, the FTSE-100 index remains close to the record high 7,562.28 points reached on 6 November 2017. This is not at all surprising given ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... British currency would likely continue to put upward pressure on inflation. Not that the stockmarket is complaining. The FTSE-100 index closed 0.9% higher on the day for a cheaper pound boosts the competitiveness of UK exporters as well as domestic import-competing ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... sharply above the 50 expansion/contraction line for 12 months running. One that's also underlined by continued gains in the FTSE-100 index - up 5.2% this year to date and 18.5% since the Brexit referendum. All good... except for wages. For despite low ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
"The Australian economy is evolving broadly as expected. The Bank's forecasts are little changed from those published in the May Statement on Monetary Policy. The economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of around 3% over the next couple of years ...

Last chance: Financial Standard ETF Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Global Advisors Arnie Selvarajah, chief executive, Bell Direct Sudir Raju, managing director, exchange traded products Asia, FTSE Russell Tim Bradbury, executive director, ETF client coverage, MSCI Russel Chesler, director, investments & portfolio strategy ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... dollar; it went down by 1.3% against the euro and by 1.1% vis-a-vis the Japanese yen. It wasn't all bad news though. The FTSE 100 index rose by 1.0% the day after the elections, for a 5.4% gain this year to 9 June, as the increased uncertainty prompted ...