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Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Ethically Conscious funds, which were launched in September 2018." The fund is benchmarked to the custom-built FTSE Australia 300 Choice Index and seeks to track the return of this index before taking into account management fees, expenses and tax. The ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... index up by 10.1% this year to date - outperforming the S&P 500 (9.4%); the Nikkei-225 (-0.4%); the Stoxx-50 (-11.9%); the FTSE-100 (-20.4%); and the All ordinaries index (6.8%). China's debt market also offers better returns. Chinese 10-year bonds ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... years) and services sectors (up to 58.8 - the best reading in five years) continued to gain momentum. Not surprisingly, the FTSE-100 has also recovered. The benchmark index has rallied by 17.2% from the nine-month low recorded in March. However, the ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... reference index by May this year. They opted for an index from MarketGrader. But VanEck's Australian team opted for an index from FTSE, which tracks the 50 largest companies by full market capitalisation in the mainland Chinese market. "VanEck in Australia ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... overnight, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq lifted 3.4% and 3.6% respectively. Europe also had a strong session, with the FTSE 100 also rising 1% and the DAX gaining 1.9%. Meanwhile in Asia, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.9%, the Nikkei lost 1.6% and ...

No new ASX 200 names this quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... accommodating changes in the market is a part of the process." Other index providers have so far stuck to their rebalancing schedule. FTSE rebalanced last Friday and is due for the next one on May 31.

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

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Vanguard Emerging Markets Shares Index (-14.7%). Not all emerging market strategies are created equal, with Vanguard's FTSE Emerging Market Shares ETF (-18.38%), Lazard Emerging Markets Equity I (-18.81%) and Capital Group New World (AU) (-19.10) ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... Arabia and Russia will persist... we will likely be looking at low oil prices for the rest of 2020." Meanwhile in the UK, the FTSE 100 suffered its biggest intraday fall since 2008, with benchmark bond yields dropping below zero for the first time. Germany's ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... London to Rio and ol' London town dropping: The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped by 2.3%; the Euro Stoxx-50 index lost 4%; the FTSE-100 index went down by 3.3%; and the S&P 500 index lost 3.4%. Yes Virginia, you'll fear for your health - mortal and ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... Japan's Nikkei falling 2%. Meanwhile in Europe, the composite European Stoxx 600 fell 1.7% at the open, while London's FTSE 100 dropped 1.6%, and Germany's Dax suffered a 1.7% blow. US benchmarks fell sharply too, with the Dow Jones Industrial ...