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Van Eck launching infrastructure and dividend ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... fully-franked dividends over the past two years. To do this, it will track a new index developed jointly between S&P Dow Jones Indices and Van Eck, the S&P/ASX Franked Dividend Index. Neiron added, "FDIV will be the only passive investment strategy that ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) report shows that the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over five-year periods. The one exception to this rule was Australian equity small- ...

Link to replace Veda in ASX200

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... will replace credit reporting agency Veda in the S&P/ASX 200 index when the company is acquired by Equifax. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it will remove Veda Group Limited from Australia's principle large cap index, subject to shareholder ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Long-Term Value Creation (LTVC) Global Index, aimed at tracking companies with the potential to create "long-term value". Developed jointly with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the LTVC index measures ...

S&P creates ASX200 futures index

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P/ASX 200 Futures Index, which tracks the returns generated from an investment in the front-month futures contract on the S&P/ASX200 Index. The benchmark provides investors an alternative way to measure Australian ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a sinner-free index that includes the S&P500 companies whose practices adhere to Catholic values, and exclude those who don't. The S&P500 Catholic Values Index is the first Catholic index that uses the S&P500 as a ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... fund's performance versus index strategies has worsened compared to the previous six months, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of actively managed funds ...

STOXX enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... financial services industry and was previously responsible for channel management across all client groups of S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI). "Australia and New Zealand are markets of great importance to our growth strategy. The Sydney office brings us ...