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Vanguard launches ETF, appoints new lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... equities and property securities, and APAC head of equities. In 2015 she moved to Vanguard's UK team to lead the equity index portfolio management and trading team in Europe. She returned to Australia in 2018 to join Vanguard's Investment Strategy ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Bennelong Concentrated Aust Equities Australian Equities - Index BlackRock Investment Management iShares WS Australian Equity Index Fund Australian Equities - Small Cap Macquarie Investment Management Macquarie Australian Small Comp Fund ESG Australian ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... market status. From June 2019, they will be included in FTSE Russell's benchmarks, starting with the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. FTSE Russell will then implement the inclusion over three separate tranches through to March 2020. Zenith Investment ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... ex-20 Australian Equities Fund Grant Samuel Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES - INDEX iShares WS Australian Equity Index Fund SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES - SMALL CAP Aberdeen Standard Australian ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... bond markets. The S&P 500 index is down 6.2% this year to date, dragging all others with it - the MSCI developed equity index is down 9% and the emerging market measure has fallen by 13.3% over the same period. The US dollar index is rising while at ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
With over three million active benchmarks across the globe growing exponentially, the changing nature of index providers is becoming increasingly more relevant in the investment process. The disproportionate ratio of stocks to indices shows no sign ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... physically to Australia towards end of June, as former head Jon Howie moved to Hong Kong to head BlackRock's APAC equity index strategy. He has hired two staff since - one in Melbourne (taking the team there to two people) and another one in Sydney. ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... ended the week of 20-24 August down 1.1% when most other equity markets around the world registered gains - the MSCI equity index for developed markets rose by 0.8% and that for emerging markets increased by 2.4%. While the Australian dollar's exchange ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... researchers then mapped out the physical climate risks for 500 large and mid-cap constituents of an Asia ex-Japan listed equity index. "We believe investors have no place to hide when it comes to the effects of physical climate change since even if emissions ...

Unlisted infrastructure assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... figures from the S&P Dow Jones, agriculture stocks are performing strongly, with the S&P/NZX Farmers Weekly Agriculture Equity Index returning 74.85% in the 12 months to January 2018. The S&P/NZX Farmers Weekly Agriculture Investible Index, which has ...