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V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
The Chicago based asset manager has extended its offering to Australian asset owners with the launch of the V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy. The strategy tracks the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ...

Vanguard suspends trading in Russian securities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
Vanguard has suspended the purchasing of Russian securities from all its actively managed funds and is also working to divest passive holdings. In a statement, Vanguard said its total exposure to Russia only accounts for about 0.01% of client assets ...

Australia-first private equity ETF to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... GPEQ) will list on the ASX and is the first Australian private equity ETF. GPEQ will track the LPX50 Listed Private Equity Index, which has a 10-year performance (in AUD) to 31 October 2021 of 20.9% per annum. The index is designed to represent the global ...

Leadership changes at Vanguard Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... Pennsylvania to take up the role of global head of investment product. Burns is currently the head of Vanguard's Equity Index Group for Asia-Pacific, based in Melbourne. He will retain oversight of the Equity Index Group in addition to assuming the ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell has introduced six Russell ESG indexes, based on the Russell 1000, 2000 and 3000 benchmarks. The Russell US ESG Indexes are designed to integrate ESG into institutional-grade US equity indexes. The six new indexes are constructed using ...

Actuary of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... approach to welfare spending and public housing. Miller recently completed the Australian Actuaries Intergenerational Equity Index for the Actuaries Institute which sought to understand the impact of the environment, housing, education, economics and ...

Bloomberg expands equity indices

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
Bloomberg expanded its global equity index range to include emerging market country benchmarks, sector and thematic index capabilities. It is the latest update since the multi-national markets and media giant published its US benchmarks in September ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Schroder Global EM Fund International Equities - Index/Enhanced BlackRock Investment Management - iShares International Equity Index Fund Macquarie Investment Management - Macquarie True Index Int Eq Fund State Street Global Advisors Australia - SSGA ...

COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... short-lived, says the Actuaries Institute. Calling it "a year like no other", Actuaries Institute's Intergenerational Equity Index says younger Australians will see a reversal in their improved conditions from 2020 as government support measures are ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... Bjorn Osterberg, the IPM Global Macro Fund invested in exotic strategies, namely exchange-traded government bond, equity index futures contracts and equity volatility index futures contracts, and over-the-counter foreign exchange forward contracts with ...