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Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... It returned 1.47% p.a. pre-fees over three years to 30 April 2013 (ranked 125/147 - bottom quartile), far below the MSCI World ex-Australia (net dividend, in AUD) gain of 5.62% over the same period. Neilson said the fund suffered partly due to its domestic ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... year of the financial crisis, Hexavest's combined strategies were down just 7.9% compared to a loss of 25.3% from its MSCI World Net Index benchmark. The investment team has been managing money since 1999 and out of 61 down market periods since then ...

Zenith rates Macquarie global fund as 'Recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Macquarie Professional Series received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The fund aims to reduce the volatility of the MSCI World index, while meeting or exceeding the return of the index. The fund, which began managing low volatility portfolios in ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... since its inception in June 2007 and it has outperformed its benchmark by cumulative 21%. It has also surpassed the MSCI World Index by 28%. Kohen was previously associate director of Access Capital Advisers, a specialist infrastructure management fi ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... to a 3-month low this month with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 3.8% this year, compared with a 7% gain in the MSCI world index of developed-country stocks. Melendez said that as a consequence investors should not view emerging markets as a homogenous ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... all-time high, the S&P 500 is nearing its own and developed equity markets in general remain in the black with the MSCI World Index posting an 8.8% gain this year to date, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fallen by 1.9% over the same period. This ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... did the Fed last week. The volatility of the past few days may have trimmed some of the equity markets' gains but the MSCI World Index remains up by 5.2% this year, outperforming those of the BRICs whose share markets, except for China's (up 1.9%), are ...

Certitude wins three new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... achieve consistent absolute returns with a low probability of loss over its investment horizon while outperforming the MSCI World index. The Asian Opportunities fund is a long-only fund invested in equities, as well as a mix of bonds and cash used tactically ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... launch in 2007, the Global Listed Infrastructure fund has outperformed its benchmark by 19 percent and surpassed the MSCI World Index by 28 percent. Head of Global Listed Infrastructure, Peter Meany said markets have been impacted by periods of volatility ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... underscored by the smaller 8.3% increase in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the same period and the 10.2% rise in the MSCI World Index. President Benigno Aquino III's policies - increased government spending, war against corruption and general good ...