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.
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.
When to replace fundamental active equity funds with factor funds
The continued development of strategies to harvest factor returns in a low-cost manner has effectively raised the bar for many fundamental active managers who need to generate outperformance to justify their higher fees.
Can active equity managers be cloned using factor funds?
Vanguard presents a framework for determining if an active equity manager can be cloned using factor funds.
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 urban legends of active share
Vanguard analysis finds that high-active-share funds on average don't outperform low-cost, low-active-share funds.
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.
Indexing still has plenty of room to grow
Indexing's dynamic growth has delivered a host of benefits for investors, and Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley explains why there is still room to grow.
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.
Commodities and short-term TIPS help combat unexpected inflation
Vanguard research explains how commodities and short-term TIPS can help limit inflation’s negative impact on a portfolio.
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