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.

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.

Xero Limited

XRO

Xero Ltd. engages in the provision of online business solutions for small businesses and advisory services. The company operates a global small business platform which includes a core accounting solution, payroll, workforce management, expenses, and projects. Its segments include Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and International. The company also has an ecosystem of connected apps and connections to banks and other financial institutions helping small businesses access a range of solutions from within its open platform to help them run their business and manage their finances. Its cloud-based platform allows small business customers and partners to access real-time data to manage their businesses, support compliance with accounting and tax requirements, collaborate, and connect to other parties such as banks, financial services partners, or ecosystem apps. The features and tools of its software platform include pay bills, claim expenses, bank connections, accept payments, and others. Its brands include Planday, WorkflowMax, Hubdoc, TaxCycle, and Tickstar.

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 20,666 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.

CSL Limited

CSL

CSL Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of biopharmaceutical and allied products. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 32,065 full-time employees. The Company’s areas of focus include rare and serious diseases, influenza vaccines and iron deficiency and nephrology. The Company’s segments include CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor. The CSL Behring segment manufactures, markets and distributes plasma products, gene therapies and recombinants. The CSL Seqirus segment manufactures, markets and distributes predominantly influenza related products and provides pandemic services to governments. The CSL Vifor segment manufactures, markets and distributes products in the therapeutic areas of iron deficiency and nephrology. Its CSL Plasma operates plasma collection networks, with more than 325 plasma collection centers in the United States, Europe and China. The firm operates in Australia, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and China. Its products include Respreeza, Zemaira, HAEGARDA, KCENTRA, Hepatitis B, Evogam and others.