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Emerging market turmoil is a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... regress last year after the Fed signaled it would scale back stimulus and China's economic growth showed signs of slowing. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index has slipped 11% from an October peak. Insync head of research Marcus Tuck said lower share prices ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... the hedge funds the researcher tracks was 21.34% in Australian dollar terms in the 12 months to 31 October 2013, while the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index was up 38.16%. It's a similar story over three years where the average hedge fund ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... stocks with global operations. International equities have been one of the top performing asset classes of 2013 with the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index rising 45.04% in Australian dollar terms versus 23.26% from the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation ...

Henderson set for first fund launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... portfolio, the fund has returned 41.3% gross of fees in Australian dollar terms. This compares to 31.2% from the benchmark MSCI All Country World Index. Henderson manages $123 billion (as at 30 September 2013) of assets on behalf of clients in the UK ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... and in the US, the companies in the S&P 500 Index derive 40% of their revenues outside of the US. At a global level, the MSCI All Country World Index is the broadest global equity index comprising 2500 companies. Emerging markets represent only 11% of ...

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

PM Capital Absolute Performance fund recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013

Fossil fuel companies to be rendered 'worthless': IMPAX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... energy stocks, with limited additional tracking error and improved returns." Excluding the fossil energy stocks from the MSCI World Index over the last seven years (to the end of April 2013) would have boosted portfolios by 0.5% annually with only a ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Stanley. Since inception on August 2, 2012 to end May 2013, MGOF has achieved a return of 28.7% compared with benchmark return (MSCI All Countries Total Return Index) of 30.17%.

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... unbelievably. I don't think people fully believe what profits can do at 102 yen to the dollar." According to recent figures, the MSCI Japan is up 45.7% in the year to 30 April 2013, however translated to A$, it's only up 22.3%, due to how strong the ...