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Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... rate is currently at the same level as Mark found it (notwithstanding the sharp depreciation post-Brexit referendum); the FTSE-100 index has gained by 18.4% since July 2013 to date; and, the unemployment rate has dropped from 7.7% (June 2013) to a 45-year ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... voting. "Beginning this proxy season, we will take appropriate voting action against board members at companies in the S&P 500, FTSE 350, ASX 100, TOPIX 100, DAX 30, and CAC 40 indices that are laggards based on their R-Factor scores and that cannot ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... Japan's Nikkei falling 2%. Meanwhile in Europe, the composite European Stoxx 600 fell 1.7% at the open, while London's FTSE 100 dropped 1.6%, and Germany's Dax suffered a 1.7% blow. US benchmarks fell sharply too, with the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... proved the most popular amongst Saxo clients. That was followed by the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF and Vanguard FTSE Emergind Markets Shares ETF. In fourth place, iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and rounding out the top five was the SPDR S&P ...

VanEck changes ETF portfolios

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... portfolios have been changed, removing the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund. This has been replaced with the VanEck Vectors FTSE International Property (Hedged) ETF (ASX: REIT). "REIT tracks the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed ex Australia Rental Index ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... that are more nimble that the traditional ones. It was set up by Gareth Parks, who was one of the four founding staff of FTSE and Tobias Sproehnle who was previously Thomson Reuters Benchmarks' chief executive. Its services include index strategy and ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... - taking the economy's annual growth rate down from 1.8% in the first quarter to a seven-year low of 1.2%. While the FTSE-100 index continues to produce a positive return (7.7%) this year-to-date - supported by the weak currency - it has fallen by ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... has consistently guaranteed the portfolio will still be focussed on undervalued companies but the majority of them will be FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. "Admittedly, this strategy has not delivered the returns we had anticipated over the past couple ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... will see a much more liquid portfolio, focussed on undervalued companies the majority of which it says will be within the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250. "It is important to note that, because the fund is suspended, there are no redemptions and the Woodford team ...

BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... It started trading on the ASX this morning with the ticker code F100. The passive ETF will track the market cap weighted FTSE 100 Index. The management costs are 0.45%. The fund's assets are denominated in British Pounds and hence, the AUD value ...