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Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Quality Global Growth Long Short Strategy has returned 23.5% per annum since its inception on 30 June 2014, outperforming the MSCI All Country World Index by an annualised 11.9% per annum. The investment company said its board remains focused on improved ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a tool that assesses companies' compatibility with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool examines a company's operations, products, services, policies and practices, and determines its ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... in 2019, returning 2.5%, 2.21% and 10.04% compared to the S&P 500's 7.19%, 9.74% and 31.49%. They also underperformed the MSCI World Index, which returned 6.72% in August, 5.73% year to date, and 28.4% in 2019.

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a suite of indices targeted at supporting Australian-domiciled institutional investors. The Australia Domestic Index Series has more than 50 domestic indices that benchmarks ESG, factors and market capitalisation among others, specific ...

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with more than $1 billion in funds under management has hired from MSCI ESG Research and Vanguard to expand its investment team. U Ethical has added Desiree Lucchese as ethics and impact manager and Rachel O'Connor as portfolio ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... proliferated over the past three years. Globally, the total number of sustainable index funds has risen by half to 3432. Meanwhile, MSCI remains the leader in the sustainable indexing space. About two thirds of all global assets invested in passive sustainable ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... delivered about -6.08% in the first quarter. South Korea's main stock market index, KOSPI, returned -32.5%, while the MSCI ACWI dropped by 31.8% over the same period. NPS said such adverse market conditions pushed the fund into negative territory ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... reported a pre-tax investment return of 26.1% for the year ending June 30, significantly outperforming its global benchmark (MSCI World Net TR), which increased 4.8% over the financial year. Since its inception in November 2018, HM1 has generated a pre-tax ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... indicated share price resilience during the COVID-19 crisis. Among firms that have made the claim are Morningstar, BlackRock and MSCI. The researchers found, once the firm's industry affiliation and risk measures (accounting and market based) have been ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... Global Growth Long Short Equity Strategy Composite has generated a return of 23.5% per annum since inception, beating the MSCI All Country World Index by 11.9%. The proposed management fee is 1.40% and is to be split between Contango and WCM plus GST. ...