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Vector Insights14 March 2019
Fractal geometry and finance: You're doing risk wrong
Brad Livingstone-Foggo, Head of Marketing - Australia
The assumptions behind risk models such as the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and modern portfolio theory (MPT) which underpin most standard market capitalisation based portfolios - are wrong.
Enter fractals. If you haven’t heard of them, that’s OK. An appreciation of fractal mathematics can help investors understand periods of extreme risk and to better consider how their portfolios are positioned.
ETFs07 March 2019
New ETF - pre-register today: FTSE International Property (Hedged) ETF
by Arian Neiron, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific
Read This NowWe are excited to reveal that our newest and upcoming ETF is the VanEck Vectors FTSE International Property (Hedged) ETF (ASX: REIT).
Gold05 March 2019
Making Sense of the Mega Merger Mania
by Joe Foster, Portfolio Manager and Strategist
Read This NowBarrick’s takeover bid for Newmont would create an unparalleled super-duper major. While the bid’s success is still unknown, it does bring attention to the potential gains of unitising operations in Nevada.
Vector Insights28 February 2019
Tipping point reached for ETFs
by Arian Neiron, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific
Read This NowThe Hayne Royal Commission has brought forward a significant moment for investors. The ‘tipping point’ for exchange traded funds (ETFs) in Australia has been reached.
Vector Insights15 February 2019
A closer look at active share
by Arian Neiron, Managing Director
Read This NowWe recently wrote that despite the fees they charge Australian investors, some active Australian fund managers aren’t very active at all in terms of managing their portfolios, rather they are hugging their benchmarks. Some managers and researchers argue there is no correlation between high active share and high outperformance. In this Vector Insights, we test that argument.
Gold08 February 2019
The Superlative Impact of Supermajors
by Joe Foster, Portfolio Manager and Strategist
Read This NowThe Newmont-Goldcorp merger creates another supermajor to contend with the Barrick-Randgold combination, and we expect the supermajors to create value and set new standards for the industry.
Vector Insights01 February 2019
Time to come clean
by Arian Neiron, Managing Director
Read This NowDespite the fees they charge Australian investors, some active fund managers aren’t very active at all. They could more accurately be described as closet benchmark-huggers rather than stock pickers. Now’s the time for investors to identify those with something to hide and demand they be more transparent about their activities, or lack of them.