Index funds

European asset manager Amundi, Endowus launch low-cost index fund tracking STI

The Amundi Singapore Straits Times Index Fund offers an all-in-one fee and is under an institutional share class

City Developments stock slipped 2.2 per cent after MSCI said it would be dropped from the Singapore index.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 100: Lost MSCI, still got ESG; a mixed bag for Asia’s blended finance in 2023

In this issue: A place on sustainability indices could soften the blow of deletion from regular benchmarks, while the region loses ground in some sectors of blended finance.

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📊 Index funds 101: Should they be part of your investment strategy?

How much effort and experience will it take for average investors like us to beat more than 90 per cent of Wall Street professional stockpickers? The answer, these days, is not much.

Compared with the Russell 1000 index, 73 per cent of actively managed large-cap stock mutual funds had better returns.

January was awesome for stock pickers, but can they keep it going?

OVER the last 20 years, stock pickers have had a dismal record. Most have not come close to beating the overall stock market.

Active managers say passive distortions will create more opportunities for those who can spot bargains and avoid overpriced securities. Meanwhile, hybrid styles are emerging that mix the two.

Active or passive investing? How choosing got so hard

The decades-long debate over the virtues of active versus passive investing shifted abruptly in 2022. High inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty disrupted equity markets, ending a ...

Resuscitate your portfolio or just start investing with ETFs.

BT Money Hacks: Uptick in value investing extends to ETFs (Ep 135)

Find out the many high quality diversified ways in which to invest as Howie Lim speaks to Salim Ramji from BlackRock.

Keppel’s chief executive officer Loh Chin Hua says the company is honoured to be included on the Dow Jones Sustainability indices this time round, having put sustainability at the core of its strategy as part of its 2030 vision.

Keppel to debut on main Dow Jones Sustainability Index; CDL dropped

FROM next Monday (Dec 19), Keppel Corporation will be incorporated as a constituent on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, while real estate giant City Developments Limited (CDL) will be dropped...

The last time the average active US stock fund beat the S&P 500 stock index for a full calendar year was in 2009.

Mutual funds that consistently beat the market? Not one of 2,132.

IT’S very hard to beat the stock or bond markets with any regularity.

Back in 1973, the idea of spreading all your investment dollars across the entire market, instead of picking winners, seemed like crazy talk.
WEALTH & INVESTING

The best 50-year-old investing advice money can buy

INVESTING in broad-based index funds seems unambitious – a fallback for people who lack the confidence to pick stocks that will outperform the market.