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Changing of the Vanguard

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
Global index manager Vanguard starts a new chapter after long time chief executive Jack Brennan hands in the reins to senior executive and fellow Vanguard veteran William McNabb. Jack Brennan, who replaced Vanguard's founder Jack Bogle in 1996, will ...

Future Fund to become top insto

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Future Fund has signed up Vanguard, State Street, CFS GAM and QIC as its debut investment managers, but there's more to come as the fund strives to become the country's "leading institutional investor". Speaking at the 2008 Asset Allocation Summit ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... investors towards exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETF giant iShares, which is offered by Barclays Global Investors, is at the vanguard of this phenomenon. The firm claims that its IShares ETF is able to provide investors instant exposure to an international ...

UniSuper chief Byrne move to ACSI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... to the superannuation body. She leaves UniSuper in early March, and played a pivotal role in positioning the fund as a vanguard in proactive corporate governance through voting and engagement. "The committee unanimously endorsed the appointment of Ann ...

Ray White snaps up Woolies property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... sector continues to hover at a precipice of continuing falls, specialist fund managers with cash to spare are now at the vanguard of new acquisitions - with some even picking up a shopping centre or two along the way. Specialist direct property funds ...

Vanguard upgrades with SimCorp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Vanguard Investments Australia has selected SimCorp Dimension to provide all its middle and back office services to accomodate the group's growing funds management business. SimCorp Dimension will replace the existing system including the trade capture ...

Vanguard indexes pension

Vanguard Investments Australia has launched Personal Pension Plan, a new product that relies on the long-term benefits and low costs of index investing to drive retirement savings. All of the investment options under the new product will follow an index ...

Vanguard broadens Asia-Pacific reach

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
Vanguard Australia has restructured its senior management team to focus on the growth opportunities in the wider Asia-Pacific region, not just Australia. Local managing director Jeremy Duffield has been appointed managing director of Vanguard Asia-Pacific ...

Vanguard arms investors with Plain Talk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Index manager Vanguard joins the growing list of investment companies championing investor financial literacy when it launched a line of educational materials based on their popular Plain Talk Guide format. The guides cover seven different topics including ...

Back to basics: Vanguard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... 'Black Tuesday' reinforced the need to look back and learn the lessons of the last two decades, according to visiting Vanguard chairman and chief executive Jack Brennan. Brennan said while returns over the last 25 years have been 50 per cent greater ...