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Soup for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... drop on record; the Nasdaq Composite Index slumped by 9.1 per cent -- the sharpest decline since April 2000. The MSCI World Index, which tracks the performance of 23 developed equity markets decreased by 6.9 per cent -- the biggest in 21 years. Financial ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... 10,000?). Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index fell by 3.5 per cent -- the biggest decline since March 17. The MSCI World Index (developed equities) recorded its biggest one-day fall in six years and the MSCI Asia Pacific (ex Japan) dropped to its lowest ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... around 40 to 50 stocks handpicked from around the world. "As we've said in our fund material before, we think the MSCI World index is a 20th century index while our fund is focused on 21st century investing which means we don't differentiate stocks based ...

Aus Ethical World Trust beats benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... August 2 amidst falling global stock markets and, as such, posted -17.3 per cent since inception against the MSCI World Index which posted -18.3 per cent over the same time frame. The World Trust's funds under management have grown to $37.5 million ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... last year, the sub-prime crisis triggered meltdowns in major indexes including losses of 24.1 per cent for the MSCI World Index (unhedged) and 38.3 per cent for the S&P/ASX Listed Property Trust Index. Bucking the trend is Select Asset Management's alternatives ...

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... Falkiner Global Absolute Returns Fund's unit price increased by 20.6 per cent in April this year, compared to the MSCI World Index which climbed just two per cent over the same period.

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Asked why super funds should look at their products, Saddington highlights the fund's outperformance against the MSCI World Index in February by more than 200 basis points and that it has generated an 11.9 per cent return since inception. But riding ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... currencies prevented most pension plans from benefiting from rising foreign stock markets," added McDougall. The MSCI World Index's 4.7 per cent gain in local currency terms translated into a loss of 7.5 per cent for the year, once exchange rates were ...

Intech alt fund posts 16pc

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... of its performance during the recent sub-prime crisis, where it delivered positive returns at a time when the MSCI World Index hit negative territory. The fund also hit highs of five per cent late last year, but underperformed the MSCI World Index from ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... investment fund has beaten the average overseas mainstream fund by a wide margin of almost 10 per cent and the MSCI World Index by over 11 per cent. Specialist managed responsible investment portfolios grew by 43 per cent to $17.1 billion compared to ...