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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 ...

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 ...