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.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

CBA

Commonwealth Bank of Australia engages in the provision of banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 48,930 full-time employees. The company serves approximately 17 million customers. The firm's segments include Retail Banking Services, Business Banking, Institutional Banking and Markets and New Zealand. Retail Banking Services segment provides banking products and services to personal customers, and banking and advisory services for high-net-worth individuals. Business Banking serves the banking needs of business, corporate and agribusiness customers across the full range of financial service solutions. Institutional Banking and Markets offers a full range of financial services solutions including access to debt capital markets, transaction banking, working capital and risk management. New Zealand includes the banking and funds management businesses operating in New Zealand under the ASB brand.

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 38,516 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 33,395 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.

BHP Group Limited

BHP

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 40,981 full-time employees. The firm is a producer of commodities, including iron ore, copper, nickel, potash and metallurgical (steelmaking) coal. The company is focused on offering a range of resources, which provides copper for renewable energy; nickel for electric vehicles; potash for sustainable farming, and iron ore and metallurgical coal for the steel needed for global infrastructure and the energy transition. Its segments include Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal. Its Copper segment is engaged in mining of copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, and gold. Its Iron Ore segment is engaged in mining of iron ore. Its Coal segment is engaged in mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. The firm is also focused on operating Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill, and Carrapateena underground copper-gold mines in South Australia. Its operations are situated in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, rest of Asia, North America, South America, and others.