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GSFM announces strategic partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019

... strong alignment of interests between the team and the fund's investors, he added. The fund is benchmarked against MSCI World ex-Australia Small Cap Index in $AUD with net dividends reinvested. The partnership brings GSFM's range of specialist funds ...

Chief economist update: Equity market rally has legs

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019

... year. Both developed and emerging equity markets have completely erased their 2018 three and half months into 2019. The MSCI world index has rallied by 11.9% this year to date, more than offsetting last year's 9.1% decline. Similarly, the MSCI emerging ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019

... version of a $520 million that invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the $516 million QUAL. QUAL's index ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019

... aims to perform in line with the benchmarks' returns (before tax) which are: the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index, MSCI World ex-Australia ex-Tobacco Net Dividends Reinvested Index, Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Years Index, Citigroup Global Bond Index ...

Super fund awards $130m mandate

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018

... made the allocation to Bell Asset Management, which runs a global small and mid-cap strategy. It has outperformed the MSCI World SMID Cap index by 9.6% over the past 12 months, returning 15.9% before fees. Bell Asset Management managing director strategy ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018

... long-term growth potential typical of the international small companies sector, Vanguard said. It is benchmarked to MSCI World ex-Australia Small Cap Index (with net dividends reinvested). Meanwhile, the VBLD will provide investors with exposure to about ...

Mason Stevens launches global equity SMA

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018

... across the market capitalisation spectrum based on fundamental bottom-up stock analysis, and seeks to outperform the MSCI World ex-Australia index. Mason Stevens managing director Thomas Bignill said there has been solid demand for the portfolio from ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018

... significant negative market events." However, the LIC's investment performance has remained under the benchmark, the MSCI world total returns index, net dividends reinvested in A$. PIA's investments returned 11.9% to the financial year ending ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018

... funds under management at 1.71%. The Performance fee is 15% on the amount by which the fund outperforms the benchmark MSCI World net total return index ex Australia in Aussie dollars. The AtlasTrend Online Shopping Spree Fund has returned 13.86%, the ...

Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018

... the US Russell 1000 Value Index, since the start of 2017, has underperformed the competing growth index by 25%. The MSCI World Value Index has also underperformed but not by the same magnitude. "A large part of the underperformance is because US growth ...

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HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN

HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options.

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN

The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData.

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI

VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200.

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities.

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