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Northern Trust launches green strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... emissions intensity and an almost 100% reduction in potential carbon emissions of the strategy against the parent benchmark, MSCI World Index."

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... Index. Lopez said the fund will invest in stocks it sees as "improvers" that may be screened out of ESG-data providers like MSCI. As an example, she cited healthcare and tech stocks that ASI thinks are not being properly captured by MSCI. "ESG isn't ...

Hyperion ETF goes live

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... fee structure as the unlisted fund which is 0.70% per annum management fee and a 20% performance fee above the benchmark (MSCI World Accumulation Index). The Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund delivered the highest return in the large-cap segment ...

Montgomery launches two global strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... high-quality growth companies from around the world. The fund delivered 16.42% per annum net of fees, while its benchmark MSCI ACWI Net Total Return Index returned 10.77% p.a. Around June 2021, the Polen Capital Global Emerging Markets Growth Fund will ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... has expanded its range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence trading ...

Australian equities funds downgraded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... did BlackRock Concentrated Industrial, Perpetual Wholesale Industrial, Russell High Dividend Australian Shares ETF and SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF. NovaPort Smaller Companies dropped to neutral from silver with Morningstar putting ...

Vanguard finds dirty assets in ESG fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Aggregate Bond Index invests in about 4500 fixed income instruments and is based on a joint benchmark from Bloomberg Barclays and MSCI. MSCI filters the holdings for ties to fossil fuels, nuclear power, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons and adult entertainment ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed the pandemic sparked 79% of APAC investors to increase their exposure ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... the public markets. The flagship Holon Photon Fund achieved a 44.4% per annum in the one year to January 2021, beating the MSCI ACWI Index's 2.1% p.a. The fund currently invests in companies that operate in payments, entertainment, cloud computing ...

New global equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... p.a. over three years and 13.2% p.a. over five years, as at December end. This is 5.3% and 3.2% higher respectively than the MSCI ACWI ex Australia in AUD. Its biggest sector weights are to IT, healthcare and consumer staples. The ETFs fees are set at ...