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Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... Obrist said would help to improve transparency for investors. In a proposal to US stock exchanges in mid-May, BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Invesco, Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments, pushed for a new taxonomy for ETPs. The ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... were investment grade. The largest purchases by the Fed, were iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD), Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCIT), Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... NMG Consulting Partners Group Pendal PIMCO PM Capital Profusion Group RARE Infrastructure Schroders Spire Capital UBS Vanguard Financial Standard is the official media partner of FICAP.

Morningstar downgrades two Vanguard funds to neutral

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
Two unlisted funds from Vanguard have had their retail share classes downgraded at Morningstar, with the ratings house bringing attention to the vehicles' higher fees compared to their listed or wholesale versions. The lower-investment-minimum share ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... indicates these products were not only being used in March to hedge portfolios, but to trade volatility for short term gain. Vanguard Australian Shares Index, SPDR 200 and BetaShares Australia 200 ETF had the largest net flows for Australian equites ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... very few of us are, passive investments are the perfect strategy to capture the return of markets... over the long term. Vanguard Investment Management Group Asia Pacific head of investments, Dan Reyes, told Financial Standard it's passive strategies' ...

Vanguard boosts superannuation team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Vanguard has created a new head of operations role for its burgeoning superannuation offering, hiring from an industry fund. Rachel Reynolds has stepped into the role of head of operations, superannuation at Vanguard. Reynolds spent almost five years ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... ETFs? The past few years have seen the growth of passive ETFs that chase higher dividends according to a set of rules. Vanguard, iShares and ETFSecurities offer funds in the space. Wilkinson said dividend-focused ETFs may decide they have to refine their ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... balanced investment option, he thinks. "We have seen absurd examples of this problem with super funds white labelling Vanguard's Growth Index Fund as 'balanced' and another industry fund simply changing the name of an option from 'growth' to 'balanced' ...

Plenty still want in on ETPs: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... Securities' Physical Gold, which increased by $189 million on net inflows of $135 to end the month with $1.6 billion. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF enjoyed net flows of $538 million. Australian equities ETPs in general seemed popular during March ...