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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... tough for stocks-pickers in recent years, and now the numbers are coming through to prove it. Data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows that the vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmarks across virtually ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... and costs in its investment program." Statisticians have also rounded on alpha gatherers. Recent data from S&P Dow Jones Indices showed that the vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmarks across ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... investment strategies is being blurred by the new range of index products being brought to market, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices managing director and index committee chairman David Blitzer. Speaking to Financial Standard at the S&P Dow Jones Indices ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector was International Equities where a staggering 85.97% of active funds underperformed the ...

S&P Dow Jones appoints head of Australia and NZ

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices has appointed Daphne van der Oord as its new head of Australia and New Zealand. SPDJI has also appointed a senior director of channel management in shape of ASX's Jonathan Morgan. The two appointments are part of a move to expand ...

S&P DJI eyes aligned advice groups with new role

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI) is recruiting for a role as part of a move to tap into the aligned financial advice dealer groups with its exchange-traded fund (ETF) indices. Until now the bank-aligned advice sector has proved difficult for ETF providers ...

ASX launches S&P/ASX200 VIX futures

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... last week of new ASX resources and financial sector futures products. Alex Matturri, chief executive of S&P Dow Jones Indices, said: "The launch of S&P/ASX VIX futures is set to change how investors can measure and trade the financial markets in Australia." ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... launch of the end-of-day VIX index in 2010," said ASX deputy chief executive Peter Hiom. Guy Maguire, head of S&P Dow Jones Indices in Australia, said the real-time S&P/ASX 200 VIX constitutes an exciting step forward in the development of the Australian ...

GBST Quant and Russell alliance to foster tax-aware investing

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... after-tax investment approach for investors more appealing to the industry as a whole." Guy Maguire, Head of S&P Dow Jones Indices - Australia has confirmed an alignment with GBST's after-tax custom index strategy. He regards a universal approach to ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... track indices from the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series. This series was created last year by S&P Dow Jones Indices and the Australian Securities Exchange. "We are pleased and proud to license our indices to SSgA for these two high-quality ...