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.

Pilbara Minerals Limited

PLS

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the provision of exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 917 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm owns 100% of an independent hard-rock lithium operation, the Pilgangoora operation in Australia, and the Colina Project in Brazil. Its Pilgangoora operation is located 140 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource rich Pilbara region on Nyamal and Kariyarra Country. Spodumene concentrate from its Pilgangoora operation is shipped from Port Hedland, the bulk export port, to lithium chemical converters primarily in China. The firm's Colina project is located 10 kms from the town of Salinas in the world class mining jurisdiction of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The firm is also integrated into the lithium value chain through its joint venture with POSCO in South Korea, which manufactures battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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 39,729 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.

Macquarie Group Limited

MQG

Macquarie Group Ltd. operates as a non-operating holding company. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 20,053 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-11-05. The firm specializes in asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advice, access to capital and principal investment. Its segments include Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), Banking and Financial Services (BFS), Commodities and Global Markets (CGM) and Macquarie Capital. MAM segment provides investment solutions to clients across a range of capabilities in private markets and public investments. The BFS segment provides a range of personal banking, wealth management, and business banking products and services to retail clients, advisers, brokers, and business clients. The CGM segment is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution, and logistics solutions. Macquarie Capital segment offers advisory and capital raising services.

iShares S&P 500 ETF

IVV

IVV.AX was created on 2007-10-10 by iShares. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on large cap equity. The Fund aims to provide investors with the performance of an index, before fees and expenses. The index is designed to measure the performance of large capitalisation US equities.