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Vanguard outlines responsible investment stance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia is keen to dispel speculation that an index manager cannot comply with any responsible investment principles despite not being a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). "It's is ...

AMIST awards Vanguard mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
Meat industry super fund AMIST ploughs more money in international equities with a fresh mandate awarded to Vanguard. John Livanas, chief executive of the fund, said this is the first time the super fund has invested with an index manager - aside from ...

Alcock leaves Vanguard

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Ian Alcock, managing director at Vanguard Investments Australia, has resigned to pursue other business interests outside of the firm. Jeremy Duffield, chair at Vanguard Investments Australia, will act as managing director until the firm finds Alcock's ...

Bond index returns beat active managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... research found active managers underperformed the benchmark more than 94 per cent of the time over three and five years. The Vanguard study, which drew research from Standard & Poor's, found the Australian bond index beat 94 per cent of actively managed ...

Martin Currie hires BDM for Asia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Martin Currie Investment Management hired former Vanguard Investments institutional business development executive, Ee Fang Chen, as business development director for Asia. Ee Fang was responsible for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong institutional business ...

Promnitz joins IFSA board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... resigned from the association's board to take on a role as managing director of international planning & development at The Vanguard Group. Promnitz was appointed chief executive for Australia and New Zealand at Mercer in 2004 after working at the firm ...

Duffield takes global role, Alcock promoted

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2009
Jeremy Duffield, managing director of Vanguard Investments Australia, has been promoted to a global role within the firm as managing director, international planning & development with Ian Alcock assuming his previous position. Duffield will be responsible ...

Aon awards mandate to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
The $1.6 billion Aon Master Trust has appointed Vanguard Investments Australia as its index fund manager, replacing State Street Global Advisors. According to a statement on the master trust's website, SSgA's securities lending practices involved a ...

Vanguard ETFs hit $20m mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
Vanguard Investment Australia's three exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted $20 million in just two months. Robin Bowerman, head of retail at Vanguard Investments Australia, said while figures are yet to be finalised, the Australian equities ETF ...

ETFs won't phase out index funds: Bowerman

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... growth of exchange traded funds (ETFs) will not undermine the growth of traditional index fund products, according to Vanguard Investments. Vanguard Investments launched the firm's ETFs suite to the market in May as a way for investors to get access ...