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Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and is a member of the FTSE Asia-Pacific Regional and Hang Send Index Advisory Committees. After leaving WTW, she will relocate to Canada with her ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... Index International Shares ETF, VanEck Vectors AUstralian Property ETF, SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF, VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF, iShares Composite Bond Index ETF and Vanguard International Fixed Index (Hedged) ETF. ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... 2017. The market's reaction to the news was little reaction. The British pound dipped a bit from US$1.2450 to US$1.2438; The FTSE-100 index gained a bit, up 0.4% on the day; and the yield on 10-year UK gilts slipped by 4 bps to 1.15%. Perhaps this is ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... Treasuries increased by a full 10 basis points to 2.57%). The Euro Stoxx-50 index closed lower by as much, down 0.8% and the FTSE-100 index finished 0.3% down. Equity markets in the Asian timezone are sure follow when they open. But whether or not this ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... ETF joins other BetaShares products given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec, including Australian High Interest Cash ETF, FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF, US Dollar ETF, Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) and S&P 500 Yield Maximiser ...

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... earning nine percentage points above the market. The ANZ ETFS S&P/ASX 300 High Yield Plus ETF (18.3%) and the BetaShares FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (15.7%) made up the top three performers in Australian equities-focused exchange traded products - all ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... than $1 trillion in assets under management has launched a large cap China ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amundi's FTSE China A50 Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. Amundi ETF, Indexing ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... giving investors easier access to diversified portfolio of global infrastructure securities in one trade. The VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF tracks the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50 Hedged into Australian dollars In ...

Vanguard changes emerging markets ETF index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has completed its planned change in the underlying index of its Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) in order to provide investors with exposure to China-A shares and a bigger weighting to smaller companies. Effective as ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016