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New fund tapping into Indian equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... volatility if required and will be targeted toward both retail and wholesale investors. The fund is to be benchmarked against the MSCI India Index in Australian dollars, with any outperformance of this attracting a 10% performance fee. India Avenue managing ...

Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... independent sustainability consultant, having been head of ESG research business development for the UK and Northern Europe at MSCI. He has also held roles at Risk Metrics, Innovest and New York Climate Rescue. Sophie Rahm, meanwhile, joins Standard ...

Maple-Brown Abbott fund gets ratings tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... same period the fund has exhibited less volatility (10.6%) than broader equity markets such as the S&P 500 (13%) and the MSCI World (12.6%). The strategy has more than $1 billion of assets under management across both hedged and unhedged options, with ...

Antipodes to launch global equities LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... researcher's Australian Institutional Sector Survey for the year to 30 June 2016. It delivered an 8.4% return compared to the MSCI World ex-Australia Net Return AUD Index, which returned 0.4%. At the time, Antipodes managing director and chief investment ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... its entire global equity portfolio by 2020. The fund's investment committee intends to use low carbon indices designed by MSCI as benchmarks for its low carbon strategies. "We are delighted to work with MSCI, whose products we hope will help take low ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... boom" and its impact on emerging markets equities has already played out. "The energy and materials sector weights in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index are now only at 13%, down from 38% at the peak of the commodity boom and almost on par with the MSCI ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Global index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... leadership and support better long-term social and economic outcomes in support of gender diversity." According to a 2015 MSCI study that explored global trends in gender diversity on corporate boards between December 2009 and August 2015, companies ...

Plato fund highly rated by SQM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... on its way to delivering its target 6% net income in its first year, approximately 4% higher than the typical yield on the MSCI World Ex Australia (global shares) Index. Plato managing director Dr Don Hamson welcomed the rating which recognises the unique ...