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Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... to $36.4 billion. Magellan's flagship Global Fund delivered 29.5% after fees for the year, compared to 24.6% of the MSCI World NTR Index. The Magellan Infrastructure Fund returned 12.3% compared to 7.5% of the Global Infrastructure Benchmark, while returns ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... first monthly loss this year in June, when returns fell 1.19% globally. However, hedge funds still outperformed the MSCI World Index, which fell 2.88% during the same period. Asia ex-Japan hedge funds took the biggest hit and suffered their worst month ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... boost foreign flows. The country currently represents around 25% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and about 2% of the MSCI World Index. But the percentages could grow to 40% and 14% respectively when Yuan-denominated equities, or A-Shares, are included ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... partnership with Chinese fund manager China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC). While China only represents 1.72% of the MSCI World All Countries Index, it is 30% of the world economy. "This is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... markets. The four ETFs now available on FirstWrap are the Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF, Marker Vectors Australian Banks ETF and Market Vectors Australian Property ETF. "We are delighted ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... The aim is to generate superior risk-adjusted returns with a dividend yield that exceeds the dividend yield of the MSCI World (ex Australia) Index. Damien McIntyre, director and head of distribution with Grant Samuel Funds Management, said the funds' ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... offer investors exposure to around 1500 companies across 22 markets, excluding Australia. The unhedged VGS tracks the MSCI World ex-Australia (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars Index, and the hedged VGAD tracks the MSCI World ex-Australia ...

Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... equity exchange-traded fund with a quality bias. Trading under the ASX code QUAL, the ETF is designed to track the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index. The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF gives investors access to a portfolio of ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality factors: high return on ...

Lonsec returns PM CAPITAL fund to 'Recommended'

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... Fund has achieved a total return of 209.4% since its inception in October 1998, which compares favourably against the MSCI World Index (Net Dividends Reinvested, AUD) total return of 46.9% (as at 30 November 2013). The Fund has returned 19.4% per annum ...