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Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... Fund (0.34%), Vanguard Growth Index Fund (0.36%), Vanguard High Growth Index Fund (0.37%) and Vanguard Diversified Bond Index Fund (0.34%).

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Fund (0.34%), Vanguard Growth Index Fund (0.36%), Vanguard High Growth Index Fund (0.37%) and Vanguard Diversified Bond Index Fund (0.34%). The fee reductions will complement a new asset allocation strategy for each fund, which Vanguard head of investment ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... ETF, SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate ETF, VanEck Vectors FTSE Global Infrastructure (Hedged) ETF, iShares Composite Bond Index ETF and Vanguard International Fixed Index (Hedged) ETF. The individual weightings of these funds in the portfolio are proportional ...

S&P measures green bond performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
S&P Dow Jones Indices recently launched a green bond index licensed to VanEck for an exchange-traded fund. The S&P Green Bond Select Index measures the performance of bonds that finance environmentally-friendly projects and fulfil a strict set of requirements ...

AMP and Zenith portfolios add global bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... to a benchmark. Unconstrained strategies are typically managed to beat a cash or equivalent benchmark, rather than a bond index; this removes constraints around duration and sector positioning. "Payden's unconstrained approach enables the fund to invest ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... rates rather reduced mortage rates should surprise no one. Indonesian, Philippine bond indices surge The S&P Pan Asia Bond Index is a composite bond index that tracks local currency bonds in 10 countries although it's calculated in USD. According to ...

Bloomberg takes full control of UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Bloomberg Indexes has taken full control of the UBS bond indices it purchased in April, placing them under its AusBond Indexes brand. The transition was successfully completed on 29 September and Bloomberg is now managing all aspects of the index governance ...

Infra posts 18 pct returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... 18.7%. Illustrating how the capital return characteristics of infrastructure supplement its income return core, the IPD bond index delivered 7.9%. Analysis over the longer term yields more mixed signals, however, as over three years Australian equities ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide "a wide variety of index and bond level analytics, along with sub-indices for sectors, ratings and maturity ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... not typically in the remit of emerging market debt portfolios, especially those benchmarked to a regional composite bond index. The HSBC GAM Emerging Market Debt Total Return Fund is free to invest across the full emerging market debt opportunity set ...