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ETF revenue doubling every 18 months

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... Magellan Asset Management, which is an annual rate of nearly $6 million on current assets. Compare this with the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (VGE) which charges 0.18%pa. While it has around half the funds ($178 million) it had good inflows ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... income products for retirement (CIPRs). Both simulated and actual results of this approach, which Parametric manages over both MSCI ACWI and S&P 500 equity portfolios, are available options for super funds building a CIPR.

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... 1.56% in 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four years, it's still some way ahead of underlying markets; the MSCI World Index ended the year down 0.48%. Total hedge fund assets under management grew US$110 billion in 2015, with more than ...

Lazard global equity fund receives first rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... Global Equity Franchise Fund, since its inception in October 2013, has returned 24.6% annualised (net of fees) versus the MSCI World return of 19.67% over the same period. The fund invests in listed companies that the team consider have an "economic ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... 10% of the portfolio's net asset value. Since its inception the fund has returned 18.5% per annum, which is 2.37 times the MSCI AC Asia (ex-Japan) benchmark. "The Asian Companies Fund meets a large gap in the market for those investors looking for a ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... strategies in each group, the main index for Australian equities (S&P/ASX200) returned -0.7% while international equities (the MSCI All Countries ex-Australia unhedged) returned 27% in Australian dollar terms. Taking these effects into account, the allocation ...

Sunsuper awards large multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Global Equity Trust, in Australia. It is based on the firm's Systematic Global Equity strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.55% per annum over five years.

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... achieved considerably less volatility (9.7%) when compared to broader equity markets such as the S&P 500 (11.5%) and the MSCI World (11.8%). As at 30 September 2015, the fund has over $248 million in funds under management, including over $47 million ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the MSCI All Countries World Index lost 5.7% in Australian dollar terms. Despite this inflows continued to be strongly positive ...