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Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... the British pound has generally traded sideways after recovering all of its losses following the Brexit referendum and the FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high of 7,877.45 points in May of 2018. But as EU president Donald Tusk declared: "The ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
FTSE Russell formed a global ESG research partnership with Sustainalytics, as investors demand ESG integration within their strategies. The partnership will allow the firm to develop a new set of ESG indexes, with Sustainalytics' ESG risk ratings research ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... companies benchmarked against the Index Industry Association (IIA) estimate of 3.3 million indices - about 70 times more. FTSE Russell managing director of global markets research Philip Lawlor says the role of the index provider is changing shape rapidly ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... opportunities in events like this, Thomas adds. From a UK equities perspective, the executive points out that about 75% of FTSE companies' revenues are generated overseas. A hard Brexit or no deal would most likely see a currency depreciation meaning ...

BennBridge boutique launches small caps fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Companies fund from 2006 to 2017. Warren joined him in 2010. During their reign, the fund returned 435% versus the benchmark FTSE Small Cap Index of 114%. The new fund will sit alongside the team's £500m ($920.3m) UK absolute return strategy.

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... and energy. It is the lowest cost global infrastructure ETF currently available, Vanguard said. It is benchmarked to the FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure Index (with net dividends reinvested). "The addition of these ETFs provides additional building ...

Chief economist update: US bond yield jump made FTSE slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
The FTSE 100 index fell by 0.4% on September 13 - the day when the Bank of England (BOE) met and announced no change in monetary policy settings, keeping the bank rate at 0.75% (after the 25bps lift in August). While the BOE's move was widely expected ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... with a management expense ratio of 0.2%. The ETF will be slightly cheaper at 0.18%. Vanguard confirmed the fund tracks the FTSE Developed ex Australia ex Non-renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index. The global aggregate bond fund is set to charge ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... that this is because of US equities' outsized weighting in the MSCI index (around 54%). The Stoxx-50 index (-3.7%), the FTSE-100 (-1.7%) and the Nikkei-225 (-2.2%) are all down this year to date. The sharp depreciation in many emerging market currencies ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... of US dollar strength, it's also due to the political uncertainty that's emerging in Italy and Spain. Italy's FTSE MIB index has dropped by 8.7% from the 2018 high set on May 7 and the yield on it 10-year bonds jumped to 2.53% - the highest ...