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Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... faster than their cyclical peers and some fear that while the fiscal stimulus is large, it's too late." Although the MSCI World Index has recovered 41% of its bear market decline, Sherwood said Australia's market was still struggling to recover. ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... COVID-19 outbreak led to significant losses in equity markets during February, with the S&P 500 Index down 8.2% and the MSCI World Index Ex USA down 8.9%. Cerulli said this trend will likely continue, with the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... 11.9% during the COVID-19 sell-off. That's compared to the blows suffered by the Aussie benchmark (-36.5%), the MSCI World benchmark (-33.3%), the S&P 500 (-33.4%), and the Dow (-35.9%). These dramatic falls, accompanied by nausea-inducing swings ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... benchmark fell by 15%. This isn't too bad when compared to the blows suffered by the Aussie benchmark (-25.26%), the MSCI World benchmark (-22.42%) and the MSCI US benchmark (-22.59%). Surprisingly, the best performers over the period have been strategies ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... to 2015, 69% have survived," Morningstar said. "Of those that have survived, just 41% and 26% have outperformed the MSCI World Index over the trailing five and 10 years, respectively. "Taken together, these figures paint a bleak picture for investors. ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Pengana International Fund - Ethical Opp Responsible Investment Leaders Int Share UBS IQ MSCI USA Ethical ETF UBS IQ MSCI World Ethical ETF INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES - ACTIVE CORE Arrowstreet Global Equity Fund Bell Global Equities Fund Fidelity Global ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... June end, it added TC Energy and APA Group to its holdings. UniSuper said its exposure to fossil fuel was on par with MSCI World and lower than ASX 200 (which has 23%), and that it varies based on market movements and investment decisions. "Illustrating ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... 8.65% to benchmark's 9.47%. The benchmark is blended index 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 75% MSCI World Index. It's shares component has a lower standard deviation (volatility) than the MSCI World Index but a lower sharpe ...

Best and worst performing global shares funds revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... funds made a positive return," Morningstar senior analyst, manager research Andrew Miles said. "But the benchmark [MSCI World] was up 17% to June end and so, relative to that investors have lost out by investing in these funds when they could have had ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... Investment Fund will embed positive ESG analysis alongside certain ethical restrictions. The fund aims to outperform the MSCI World ESG Leaders Index and to tap into the experience and expertise of Legg Mason's wholly-owned affiliate, QS Investors. QS ...