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ETFS Physical Gold to be split 10:1

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
ETF Securities is conducting a 10:1 share split on its $2.6 billion ETFS Physical Gold product (GOLD). The split, which will be effective from June 8, would see owners of GOLD receive nine additional shares for each share they currently hold. Correspondingly ...

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... constituents with a combined market capitalisation of close to $30 billion. It selects companies from the largest 1000 stocks on the ASX and will also include 11 sub-industries such as brewers, packaged foods and meat, paper products and the like. The ...

Green ETFs on the up and up: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... across all generations, representing 80% of all ESG-related trades placed between 2019 and now. Battery and clean technology stocks are also popular, particularly with older investors. In total dollar value, trading in climate and ESG-related securities ...

Twiggy Forrest spends $31m on Australian Agricultural Company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... shares in May. The move saw AAC's holding increase by 49%, indicating a positive shift towards Australian agricultural stocks. In other news, the Forrest family's property development company Fiveight announced the purchase of a Binningup site for $7.7 ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... example, according to Fossil Free California's report, CalPERS claimed it would cost US$75-$100 million to sell the stocks named in the bill, but a study of the fund's past divestments apparently found transaction costs were "considered negligible ...

Vanguard terminates multi-factor active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... final distribution on or about July 13 after assets are sold and the fund is wound up. The three factors employed to select stocks in VGMF are momentum, quality and value. VGMF attempted to outperform the FTSE Developed All Cap Index (with net dividends ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... for the lion's share of dividends. "Historically responsible for more than two firths of Australian dividends, banking stocks recovered from the regulator-imposed dividend constraints which halted their payouts in 2020," the report commented. "Meanwhile ...

We knew people would leave the advice industry: Hume

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
The regulatory transition of the financial advice industry has been cumbersome for many people but senator Jane Hume believes the worst of it is over. In an interview with Stockspot, Hume welcomed the proper professionalism of the financial advice industry ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
From its daily peak, the SP500 index fell 2.61% after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged aggressive rate hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." ...

Jarden expands research team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... data and cross-sector collaboration." Jarden said the appointments will help it realise its goal of covering more than 240 stocks across Australia and New Zealand. It currently covers 200, with 135 being in Australia.