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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vanguard Expands Fixed-Income Menu with 3 Treasury ETFs
Apparently, Vanguard is looking to spend some quality bonding time with clients. Last week, the world's second-largest asset manager launched three government bond ETFs: the Vanguard Government Securities Active ETF (VGVT), the Vanguard Total Treasury ETF (VTG) and the Vanguard Total Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (VTP). That brings the total number of fixed-income ETFs it has launched this year to nine. Vanguard isn't alone in its efforts. Across the industry, issuers are racing to launch fixed-income products as the market environment becomes more fertile for bonds and Treasurys. 'Just about every asset manager is pushing into fixed-income,' said Daniel Sotiroff, senior analyst for Morningstar, adding that fixed-income is a massive trend but isn't talked about as much as active or options-based income strategies. READ ALSO: Tariff Fallout Hasn't Hit Markets Yet. Issuers Say That Could Change and Trump Media Files for Third Crypto ETF Fixed-income products have been a priority for the firm since Tim Buckley's tenure as CEO, but up until recently, the opportunity just wasn't there for those kinds of ETFs, Sotiroff told Advisor Upside. 'It's hard to sell a product when short-term yields are at near 0% like they were for much of the 2010s,' he said. Today, however, interest rates are hovering near the historical average and equity markets are volatile, creating 'a period where fixed-income has reemerged as a valuable diversifier in a balanced portfolio,' according to Sam Martinez, senior fixed-income product manager at Vanguard. The firm's latest fixed-income ETFs include one actively managed product and two index funds: VGVT has about 60% of its portfolio exposed to US Treasurys, while roughly 35% is allocated to agency-backed securities. It has an expense ratio of 0.1%. VTG tracks the Bloomberg US Treasury Total Return Unhedged USD Index and has exposure to short-, intermediate- and long-term maturities. Its expense ratio is 0.03%. VTP attempts to mitigate inflation risk by investing in US TIPS securities across the yield curve. It has an expense ratio of 0.05%. 'Client value is our motivation for building out our fixed-income lineup,' Martinez said, adding that nine funds Vanguard has launched this year have garnered more than $2 billion in assets. And They're Off! Asset managers have launched nearly 80 fixed-income ETFs this year alone. While the list of issuers includes industry giants like Goldman Sachs and BlackRock, it also features smaller names like Stone Ridge Asset Management, Bluemonte and Cohen & Steers. 'Everybody's been throwing their hat into the ring,' Sotiroff said. This post first appeared on The Daily Upside. To receive exclusive news and analysis of the rapidly evolving ETF landscape, built for advisors and capital allocators, subscribe to our free ETF Upside newsletter. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Forbes
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Jeff Buckley's Only Album Debuts On Multiple Billboard Charts, Decades After His Death
Jeff Buckley's Grace returns to the Billboard 200 and debuts on two genre-specific charts, as ... More 'Lover, You Should've Come Over' surges in popularity. American alt-and folk/rock musician and singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley (1966-1997) performs on guitar and vocals at the 'Greetings from Tim Buckley' concert, a tribute to his father, at Arts at St. Ann, St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York, April 26, 1991. (Photo by) Only a handful of musicians in history can claim a debut album so impactful and brilliantly executed that it keeps their name on the charts years, or even decades, after their career ends. Jeff Buckley is one such artist. He only released a single full-length project during his lifetime, Grace, before tragically and mysteriously passing away in 1997 at the age of 30. His soulful first full-length remains a masterpiece long after its release, and in 2025, the title manages to land on multiple Billboard rankings for the first time. Grace Debuts on Multiple Charts Grace is new this frame to both the Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts. Buckley's studio effort opens at No. 25 on the list of the most consumed alternative projects in the country, and at No. 44 on the slightly-busier roster that also includes rock collections. Jeff Buckley Posthumously Adds to His Wins Buckley has only appeared on the Top Alternative Albums chart twice. Grace earns the late singer-songwriter his first new placement in almost a decade, as You and I arrived on the tally in April 2016. Over on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums list, Buckley has now scored just three career placements, with Grace joining You and I and Grace Around the World — the latter having spent a single turn in third-to-last place more than 15 years ago. Grace Returns to the Billboard 200 As it launches on two genre-specific rankings, Grace also finds its way back to the Billboard 200. Luminate reports that Buckley's full-length moved another 8,700 equivalent units in the past tracking frame, with a little less than half of those being purchases. Grace reenters America's most competitive albums tally at No. 198, and it can also be found on both the Top Album Sales and Top Americana/Folk Albums charts this week. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" Hits Its All-Time High Grace appears to be climbing as consumption of one of the tunes on its tracklist surges. "Lover, You Should've Come Over" reappears on both the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs tallies this week. Buckley's single reenters the Hot Rock Songs list at No. 16, a new all-time peak, and nearly matches its best showing on the other ranking, missing its No. 22 high point by one slot in just its second turn on that roster.
ABC News
14-07-2025
- Business
- ABC News
‘Huge risks' and ‘huge opportunities': Sector welcomes focus on green steel in China
The Prime Minister has spent much of the day trying to guarantee the future of Australia's critically important exports to China's steel industry, wrapping up a high-level roundtable on green steel in Shanghai. Australian coal and iron ore exports have fuelled China's construction boom and underwritten Australian prosperity for years, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the budget. But as China's steel industry moves to decarbonise — as well as diversifying its imports and winding down production — Australia's long resources boom faces an uncertain future. One solution is finding ways that Australian resources companies can help Chinese companies produce "green steel" — that is, steel produced with less carbon emissions. Laura Tchilinguirian spoke with Director of the think tank Climate Energy Finance, Tim Buckley.
Evening Standard
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Massive Attack at LIDO Festival: 'a moment of unity and a call to action'
That's probably how it should be right now, yet after a thrillingly brutal Risingson - 3D and Daddy G still utter icons of cool - there's a solemnity to the occasion that stifles the thrills early on, Take It There and Future Proof merely holding the mood. Things shift upwards with The Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser joining them for Black Milk and then a spiraling version of Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren where her legendary voice startles even further, truly godlike as the world behind her crashes into rocks.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
CATL: World's biggest EV battery maker sees shares jump on debut
The world's largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker has made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in the biggest initial public offering (IPO) so far this year. China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited (CATL) produces more than a third of all EV batteries sold worldwide and supplies major carmakers including Tesla, Volkswagen and company raised almost HK$35.7bn ( $4.55bn, £3.4bn) from the listing. Its shares jumped by more than 10% at the market open. In January, the US Department of Defense added the battery maker to a list of businesses it says works with China's military. CATL denies this, claiming its inclusion on the list was a "mistake". The company is already listed on China's Shenzhen Stock Exchange, where it has a valuation of more than 1tn yuan ($138.7bn, £104.3bn). Founded in 2011 in the eastern Chinese city of Ningde, it enjoyed rapid growth thanks to the boom in the country's EV industry. The battery giant employs over 100,000 people and has 13 production plants around the world. CATL is currently building its second European factory in Hungary, after opening a plant in Germany in early 2023. In December, the firm announced a tie-up with Chrysler-owner Stellantis to build a $4.3bn (£3.2bn) EV battery plant in Spain. The facility is set to be in operation by the end of next firm invests heavily in new technology, with six research and development centres around the world. "The innovations that we're seeing from CATL are unbelievable, particularly in the fast charging area", said Tim Buckley founder of the independent Australian think tank Climate Energy Finance. Last month, the company unveiled a new battery that it said can be charged for 323 miles (520km) in just five minutes. CATL is a major supplier to Elon Musk's Tesla, providing lithium iron phosphate batteries for the EV makers Shanghai factory. But US lawmakers have expressed concerns about potential national security risks surrounding the Chinese company. In April, the chair of the House Select Committee on China wrote letters to the chief executives of JPMorgan and Bank of America, asking them to withdraw from working on CATL's Hong Kong listing. Despite scepticism about Chinese firms from Washington, Mr Buckley says the US should be looking to work with Beijing on the advancement of renewable energy."They're rejecting by far the best technology players in the world when it comes to clean tech", he told the BBC.
