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Best performing managed funds revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... three years is the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF, with one year return at 33%, 3-times that of the benchmark MSCI AC World ex AU Index. "It's not even actively managed in the sense that there is no human portfolio manager making buying ...

Artisan teams up with Melbourne multi-boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... 22.9% per year since inception in September, 2017 (in AUD and after fees) compared to the 7.2% per year return of benchmark MSCI All Country World SMID Cap Net Index in AUD. In USD terms, it has returned 19% p.a. since inception compared to benchmark's ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... generation, with the market turmoil of 2020 showcasing the country's diversification characteristics. In the first quarter, the MSCI Emerging Markets index lost 23.6%, while the MSCI China A index lost just 9.72% and the MSCI China index (largely ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... recent findings from research houses and firms who have compared ESG funds with that of their ordinary market counterparts. MSCI conducted a comparison of its ESG indexes compared to its parent indexes for the first quarter of 2020 finding that the ESG ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... Australia, and found that, globally, respondents forecast a loss of 7% for the S&P 500 and a loss of 7.3% for the MSCI World Index at year end. Their 2020 return expectations more closely resemble the modest declines seen in 2018 than in 2008, when the ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... behind us. As such, equity markets are going on a tear. After losing nearly a third of their value this year to March 23, the MSCI equity index (down 30.5%) and the MSCI emerging equity market index (down 27.3%) have, in less than three months, nearly ...

Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... out. The AXA IM Global Dynamic Equity Plus fund invested in global equities and was 3.06% under its benchmark MSCI World Index ($A, unhedged) after fees for the year ending April. The fund, which started in October 2018, returned 0.68% per year after ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... controversial weapons. In 2018, State Street changed the fund to 50% lower carbon emissions and reserves compared to MSCI World-ex Australia and targeted 20% improvement in overall ESG profile. The fund was then called the State Street Low Carbon ESG ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... currency-hedged ETFs took four spots, totaling $427 million, across iShares S&P 500 AUD Hedged ETF (IHVV), VanEck Vectors MSCI World Ex-Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF (QHAL), BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Currency Hedged (Hedge Fund) (BBUS) and ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...