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First strike at Pengana LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... against passing it. The global equities portfolio returned 11.3% in the year, post fees and expenses. This outstripped the MSCI World Total Return Index by 6.5%. It is also moving from an annual dividend to quarterly dividends (January, April and July) ...

Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... on this option is set at 0.07%. Meanwhile, the International Shares (Indexed) option will look to match the returns of the MSCI World ex-Australia Total Return Index, 70% unhedged and 30% hedged in Aussie dollars over three years. It also incurs an investment ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... empirical analysis shows it's not this simple," Wei said. "When we plot the relationship between quality and value for all MSCI World stocks, we see that it is possible to have value stocks with earnings certainty and low leverage, and vice versa, for ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... based model on the SRI universe. It has had a good year of performance, returning 7.6% (after fee but before taxes) to the MSCI World (net dividends reinvested)'s 4.82% over the 12 months ending June 30. Returns since December 2002 inception are 0.79% ...

Benchmark-lagging LIC faces strategic review

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the six months to June 30, with the fund returning -3.92% over a 12-month period. In comparison, the LIC's benchmark, the MSCI AC World (net dividends) index, returned -4.28% and 4.08% over the same time periods. Longer term, TGG has consistently underperformed ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... portfolio managers Tom Hancock, Ty Cobb and Anthony Hene. It has returned 9.15% p.a. since inception to S&P 500's 9.23% and MSCI World's 7.29%, as at August end. For the last three calendar years, the portfolio beat both the benchmarks. Nearly 45% of ...

Fidelity launches global fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... between US$1 billion and US$40 billion. The fund charges a management fee of 1.10% per annum and is benchmarked against the MSCI World Mid Cap Index. The minimum initial investment is $25,000. The fund managers said there is a lot more to global investing ...

Boutique extends GBST partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Australian equity portfolios to superannuation funds. It will now also use GBST to provide after-tax services based on the global MSCI after-tax benchmarks index series, for which GBST is the first globally accredited provider, the boutique said. "Warakirri ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Quality Global Growth Long Short Strategy has returned 23.5% per annum since its inception on 30 June 2014, outperforming the MSCI All Country World Index by an annualised 11.9% per annum. The investment company said its board remains focused on improved ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a tool that assesses companies' compatibility with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool examines a company's operations, products, services, policies and practices, and determines its ...