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All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... return from the new All Tech Index over the same period-if it had existed- would have been over 20 per cent." S&P Dow Jones Indices senior director of global equity indices, Michael Orzano, said he was excited by the new partnership. "We are excited ...

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... The VanEck Vectors S&P/ASX Franked Dividend ETF (ASX: FDIV) tracked an index that VanEck developed with S&P Dow Jones Indices. The index had 30 companies which paid fully-franked dividends over the past two years. FDIV charged 0.35% p.a. and raised $10 ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... in the S&P 500 ESG Index, demonstrating the significance of the decision to drop the social media giant. S&P Dow Jones Indices global head of ESG Reid Steadman explained the S&P 500 ESG Index ranks companies within their industry groups based on their ...

Chief economist update: It'll hurt me more than it hurts you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... when the trade war reignited; the Nasdaq by 3.4% and the Russell 2000 index by 4.6% The decline in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices are understandable because the companies that make up the indices are large and, more importantly, globally-competing firms. ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed nearly 87% of Australian equity funds could not beat their designated benchmarks. ...

S&P launches new ASX small caps index

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a new index for small cap stocks listed on the ASX as a part of a new index series. The new S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Select is a subset of the older S&P/ASX small ordinaries but will include only those companies that ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... about US$16.2 trillion of assets benchmarked against its indices - 81% is equity and the remainder in fixed income. S&P Dow Jones, also a major player in equity indices, has about US$13.7 trillion benchmarked. MSCI, which purely operates in equity indexing ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... to gain four major benefits: liquidity, transparency, low fees and diversification. This is according to S&P Dow Jones Indices director of fixed income product management, Jason Giordano, who likes to remind investors that bonds don't trade on exchanges. ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with an international pension fund that will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices. The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new ...

New S&P indices factor in future carbon price risks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
S&P Dow Jones has launched 12 new indices that will adjust valuations of companies included in some of its established indices, to account for the future impact of carbon prices on stock prices. The S&P carbon price risk adjusted indices will be constructed ...