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Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... relative attractiveness of selected offshore companies. Australia only represents approximately 2.5 per cent of the MSCI World Index, and the Australian stock market is heavily concentrated in financial services and resource companies," he said.

DeAM global thematic fund impresses van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... companies all over the world compete for customers and capital. Not all of these companies are represented in the MSCI World Index," Barbour said. The minimum investment in the fund is $25,000.

Small cap oversight costs significant alpha

... managers consistently focusing on large cap shares. "There are around 1,500 small cap stocks on their benchmark, the MSCI World Index, and each of those small caps deliver an incremental alpha which they are missing out on," she said. Based in the UK ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... and outpacing the S&P TSX Composite by 1.3 per cent. Foreign stocks also did their part, pushing the four-year MSCI World Index to 14.2 per cent in Canadian dollar terms. Canadian pension funds also boosted returns by limiting their exposure to the underperforming ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... Australian Stock Market rallied yesterday with in excess of a 100 stocks reaching year-long highs at a time when the MSCI World Index climbed to a similar high last reached in late February. Takeover activity of Coles, the Rinker Group and Qantas explained ...

Schroders casts net outside MSCI World

... further than Schroders Global Active Value, a fund that invests in shares outside the traditional global benchmark MSCI World Index. Schroders chief executive, Greg Cooper, said that one of the key issues raised at their roadshow for financial planners ...

More countries sign up for REITs

... property are even better. The S&P/Citigroup World Property Broad Market Index returned 31.5 per cent versus the MSCI World Index return of 17.4 per cent. Harvey predicted the UK and Germany would be the next investment hotspots for REITs. "Germany is ...

IXIS Loomis wins Telstra Super $100m mandate

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... conviction concentrated portfolio of 40 to 50 global stocks. It is unhedged and aims to return 4 per cent above the MSCI World Index over a five year period. West added that the group has an intensive research process and looks at any high growth companies ...

New global dividend yield fund for ING

... already very positive. The portfolio of the fund will contain 90-120 mid-cap stocks and will be benchmarked to the MSCI World Index. ING's Brussels' based investment team will manage the fund, lead by Jorik van den Bos who will be supported by six portfolio ...

Orbis launches local fund

... $2 million. "I don't see us going down the retail route anytime soon," Pretorious says. Its benchmark is the MSCI World Index (with net dividends reinvested) expressed in Australian dollars. Currency exposure will be managed relative to that of the World ...