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Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... September. While Canada's pension funds have recovered somewhat, the strong domestic dollar had impacted returns. The MSCI World index jumped 20 per cent in local currency (US) terms but pension plans only rose by just over 10 per cent when converted ...

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... cycles. The S&P Global Listed Infrastructure (GLI) Index sunk 31.59 per cent in the year to June, slightly worse than the MSCI World Index, which lost 29 per cent over the same period. But stretch to five years and global listed infrastructure investors ...

Dixon action on Premium gains momentum

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... one-year period to May 2009. The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index lost more than 29 per cent over the same period and the MSCI World Accumulation Index (A$) Net of Divs (reinvested) lost 32 per cent. "While we are disappointed that returns for the one ...

Hedge funds lag index returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... hedge fund index, domiciled in US dollars, returned 3.5 per cent in April while the S&P 500 posted 9.6 per cent and MSCI World Index returned almost 11 per cent. The Greenwich Global Long/Short index fared better during the month with a 5.7 per cent ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... one of the worst performing periods in the asset class's history. However, the index was 5 per cent better than the MSCI World Index which lost over 37 per cent during the same period. "The result was disappointing given that we had expected the sector ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... indications that the market has left the worst behind it is encouraging investors to make a comeback. As such, the MSCI World Equity index has scored a sharp turnaround over the past two months. Three weeks into May 2009, developed market equities - ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... research group Trucost. For good measure, the universe of the portfolio is limited to the 1,700 stocks listed on the MSCI World ex-Australia index, and represent the top 40 per cent of each industry for carbon performance. VicSuper has long been a key ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... investment cycles lasting five to seven years). To date, K2 Select has returned 10.3 per annum since 2005 versus the MSCI World AUD index's loss of 2 per cent over the same time period. In the six months to April this year, the fund returned 8.2 per ...

HFA regains Lonsec rating

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... HFA International Shares fund posted a positive 0.36 per cent return over a three-month period to February while the MSCI World ex Aust Gross Index (USD) lost more than 15 per cent. The fund lost more than 2.5 per cent over a one-year period to February ...

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... the Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) returned 0.42 per cent in January while the S&P 500 Total Return index, MSCI World Equity and the ASX 200 lost, more than 8.4 per cent 8.8 per cent and almost five per cent respectively.