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Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... bonds) and depreciating emerging market currencies. The same holds true for emerging equity markets. The MSCI emerging market index has significantly under performed developed equities this year to date -- minus 3.9% versus plus 12.1%. Fears of the Fed ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... bottom plumbed on 9 March 2009. But over the same period, the Venezuela's SE General Index, the benchmark equity market index increased by an exponential 1,549.4% (more than a thousand fold). Yes, Venezuela. The home of the late President Hugo Chavez. ...

Upside from frontier markets untapped: Feriani

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... negativity, a lot more investment will find its way to a basket of frontier markets currently overlooked by emerging market index providers. That's the view of Dr Slim Feriani, chief executive officer of Advance Emerging Capital who argues that as long ...

Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... potential, that should interest Australian institutional investors, said Roberge. Interestingly, while the Brazil Bovespa Market Index has risen 16% in the last year, its currency (the Real) has fallen relative to the AUD a corresponding amount. Investors ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... affect Australian investors, Bowerman said. It will move from the current MSCI benchmark to the new CRSP US Total Market Index. The six Vanguard international index funds transitioning to FTSE represent aggregate assets of $170 billion and includes the ...

NZ Superannuation Fund excludes four firms from portfolio

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... companies around the world, and tracks global equity indices including the MSCI large-cap equity index, the MSCI emerging market index and the MSCI small-cap index. The portfolio is monitored for compliance with exclusions applied to the fund on a daily ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... appear to be keeping equity markets afloat - the MSCI World Index is up 8.2% this year to date and the MSCI Emerging Market Index has gained 4.3% -- something tells me markets are not fully convinced. They remain on the defensive. What's that something? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... to 5,162.83 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.89 per cent to 3,089.66 points. Swiss stocks surged with the Swiss Market Index closing up 5.02 per cent at 5,032.75 points, as banking shares led the charge. Spanish share prices closed up 3.56 per cent ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... during the recent political turmoil, MSCI said. The index provider is not reviewing Egypt's membership of the emerging market index as it does not believe Egyptian stock market accessibility or investibility has been significantly impaired. Similarly ...

Korea and Taiwan may move to developed status

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... Samsung." Series said the move would also increase the weighting of the Asia-Pacific region on the MSCI developed market index, which at the moment was about 6 per cent (ex-Japan). "It will lead to a structural rebalancing of investment portfolios towards ...