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Former Myer Family Company chief joins $1.1bn manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... manager focused on global healthcare equities targeting both wholesale and retail investors, which doubled returns of the MSCI World Health Care Index over four years. UCA Funds Management chair David Cousins said Browning brings together a diverse set ...

Long-short performance justifies fees: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... cost. Zenith found in the 12 months to September 30, global long-short managers delivered a 2.3% premium above the MSCI World ex-Australia Index. Annualised for the three years to June 30, these managers delivered a higher net-of-fee return to than their ...

VanEck Australia makes first billion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... Australian Equal Weight ETF (MVW) - is highly recommended. The MVW holds $310 million in FUM, while the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex-Australia Quality ETF (QUAL) holds $261 million.

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... tobacco companies. The State Street Global Index Plus Trust, which invests in global companies and aims to outperform the MSCI World ex-Australia Index over the long-term, has stripped 12 companies in its investment universe effective July 31. It now ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... returns last year. While 2016-17 benefited from what Douglass described as a "buoyant time for global stocks" - the MSCI World Net Total Return Index surged from 0.4% to 14.7% - Magellan also managed to add a further 0.6% on the fund's benchmark. Douglass ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... taking a more bullish stance on tech companies, the Global Equity Fund remains underweight in the sector relative to its MSCI World ex-Australia Index benchmark, 16% of which is weighted to technology as at April 28. Commenting on the overall equity ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... The funds included in the model portfolio series are the VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, VanEck Vectors MSCI World Ex Australia Quality ETF, Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF, VanEck Vectors AUstralian Property ETF, SPDR Dow Jones ...

iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... exchange traded funds. The ratings assigned to iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF and the iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF indicates that Lonsec considers the ETFs to "offer a sound and inexpensive exposure to a portfolio ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... year, hedge funds delivered a risk-adjusted return of 1.45, ahead of the 1.1 delivered by the S&P 500 and 0.68 from the MSCI World Index. This amounts to aggregate net gains of US$120 billion for investors, assuming they were to withdraw their investments ...

Concentrated funds outperform diversified

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... review. The review found that 70% of concentrated funds, or funds which hold less than 75 stocks, outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australian Index in $A, while only 55% of funds with greater diversification outperformed the index and generated excess ...