Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF

VAS

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Fortescue Ltd

FMG

Fortescue Ltd. engages in the development of iron ore deposits. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The firm operates through two segments: Metals, and Energy. The Metals segment is engaged in the exploration, development, production, processing, sale and transportation of iron ore, and the exploration for other minerals. The Energy segment is engaged in the development of green electricity, green hydrogen, and green ammonia projects. Through its growth project Iron Bridge and its interest in the Belinga Iron Ore Project in Gabon, it is investing in the growth of its iron ore business. Its integrated operations in the Pilbara include the Chichester, Solomon and Western mining hubs. Its mining infrastructure is connected to the five berth Herb Elliott Port and Judith Street Harbour towage facility in Port Hedland. The Solomon Hub in the Hamersley Ranges is located 60 kilometers (km) north of Tom Price and 120km to the west of the Chichester Hub.

National Australia Bank Limited

NAB

National Australia Bank Ltd. engages in the provision of banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 39,240 full-time employees. The firm's segments include the Business and Private Banking, Personal Banking, Corporate and Institutional Banking, New Zealand Banking and Corporate Functions and Other. Business and Private Banking focuses on small and medium customer segments, including specialized agriculture, government, education and community services. Personal Banking provides customers with products and services provides home loans or manage personal finances through deposit, credit or personal loan facilities. Corporate and Institutional Banking provides a range of products and services including client coverage, corporate finance, asset servicing, transactional banking and enterprise payments. New Zealand Banking consists of partnership banking, servicing retail, business, and private customers; Corporate and Institutional Banking, servicing corporate and institutional customers, and includes markets sales operations in New Zealand.

Westpac Banking Corporation

WBC

Westpac Banking Corp. engages in the provision of banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 35,240 full-time employees. Its segments include Consumer, Business and Wealth, Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB), Westpac New Zealand and Group Businesses. Consumer segment provides a full range of banking products and services to customers in Australia through three lines of business consisting of mortgages, consumer finance and cash and transactional banking. Business and Wealth segment comprises business banking, wealth management, private wealth, Westpac Pacific and auto finance. The WIB segment delivers a range of financial products and services to corporate, institutional and government customers. Westpac New Zealand segment provides banking, and wealth products and services for consumer, business and institutional customers in New Zealand.

Helia Group Limited

HLI

Helia Group Ltd. engages in the provision of lenders mortgage insurance. The company is headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 233 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2014-05-20. Its LMI proposition protects lenders if a homeowner defaults on a home loan and the lender is unable to recover the outstanding loan amount from the sale of the secured property. Lender’s purchase LMI for risk transfer and capital management purposes. LMI provides protection to a lender to help borrowers purchase a property with a smaller deposit. LMI protects the lender against the risk of potential losses, in case they are unable to make home loan repayments, and the lender is unable to recover the outstanding loan amount from the sale of the security property. This makes loans more accessible to people who are looking to buy a home with less than 20% deposit. Home buyers have a range of flexible options for paying the LMI cost to their lender. The company also offers flexible solutions to support home ownership and provide options for covering the LMI cost.