Finding the right ESG investment product
The outlook for clients looking to invest in an environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment product has never been better.
Vanguard's approach to ESG: Our investment products and processes
Vanguard believes material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks can impact long-term value creation in portfolio companies. As a result, ESG considerations are integrated into product design and investment processes across our funds.
Vanguard's framework for constructing globally diversified portfolios
A Vanguard paper reviews the decisions individual investors face when constructing a globally diversified portfolio.
Assessing green bond opportunities
Kunal Mehta, senior investment specialist, fixed income, and Loubna Moudanib, credit analyst in Vanguard's Fixed Income Group, explore the opportunities and risks in the growing universe of green bonds.
Value versus growth stocks: The coming reversal of fortunes
In a reversal from the past ten years, we expect value stocks to outperform growth stocks over the next decade.
The Vanguard Effect: Working harder for you
While most financial advisers in Australia know Vanguard, many investors do not. This month, Vanguard is launching a significant national brand campaign.
U.S. equities outperformed their international counterparts by 8 percentage points per year on average over the 10 years ended December 31, 2019. However, our proprietary Vanguard Capital Markets Model (VCMM) suggests that this outperformance is unlikely to persist over the next 10 years.
An enduring solution to low yields
An introduction to Vanguard's approach to total return investing.
ESG: Putting it all together and making decisions
Interest in ESG in Australia is healthy and growing, even as measured against global trends and the events of 2020 have only compounded those preferences.
The importance of cost in retirement
Retirement is complex, and in spite of the volumes of research on the topic, there are rarely simple answers to many questions for those moving into retirement.
How much home country bias is too much?
If Australia's dream equities run comes to an end, investors may start to feel the pain, particularly when their standard of living in retirement is at stake.
Post-retirement income: Product, service or both?
Defined contribution (DC) retirement systems around the world face a pressing question: how can members generate a regular income in retirement?
This research paper presents a methodology for estimating the trading volume on US exchanges attributable to the portfolio management activity of index funds, index ETFs and other indexing strategies. We estimate that index funds and index ETFs currently account for approximately 1% of US trading volume.
Known unknowns: Uncertainty, volatility and the odds of recession
This Vanguard research paper explores how tightening financial conditions and greater policy uncertainty influence the likelihood of recession. The paper also looks at the effects on US Federal Reserve interest rate policy.
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