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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 ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... Victorian Government. Launched in March 2018, ESGI invests in about 174 sustainable international companies and tracks the MSCI World ex Australia ex Fossil Fuel Select SRI and Low Carbon Capped Index. The index screens companies based on fossil fuel ...

Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... per annum net of fees since its December 2015 inception. Performance for the year ending May 2018 was 4.7% above the MSCI World ex Australia net total return index.

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... August 2015 when the People's Bank of China (PBOC) devalued the yuan from 6.21 to 6.40 per one yankee dollar. The MSCI world index dropped by 10% in response and the MSCI emerging markets index fell by 10.6%. Speculations back then was that the depreciation ...

Contango to launch global active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... WCM Investment Management and mirrors WCM's existing Quality Global Growth Strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index over the past 10 years. WCM has entered into an exclusive arrangement with CGA and Switzer Asset Management - which CGA ...

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Australian instos was valued at $229 million as at 28 February 2018. SSGA said the fund's index is being changed to the MSCI World ex Australia Select ESG Low Carbon Integrated Index, biased against companies most highly exposed to carbon price changes. ...

Praemium expands global SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... growth companies with sustainable business models and proven management teams. The portfolio aims to outperform the MSCI World ex Australia Index over the medium to longer term. "Investor demand for high performing, global and mid-cap equity funds continues ...

Guinness Asset Management wins global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... Innovators Fund, which holds a concentrated portfolio of global equities and delivered a 9.58% outperformance over the MSCI World Index in 2017. Alpha Fund Managers' Julien Brodie said that the strategy "resonates with our view on where future capital ...

VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... companies using in-depth sustainability criteria. The fund charges management fees of 0.55% per annum and will track the MSCI World ex Australia ex Fossil Fuel Select SRI and Low Carbon Capped Index. The index excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves ...