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GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... investment officer Rajiv Jain and holds about 45 securities, returned 9.27% last year compared to the 6.15% from the benchmark MSCI ACWI ex tobacco.

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The move towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds ...

Hyperion makes foray into active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 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). Lead managers Mark Arnold and Jason Orthman said the firm decided to launch an active ETF due to ...

Zenith partners with MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Zenith Investment Partners has partnered with MSCI to enhance the delivery of institutional-grade portfolio analysis, service scalability, insights and reporting to its managed account portfolio clients. Zenith said it will roll out the MSCI BarraOne ...

Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... rolled out in the hope that they can normalise global economies. In the same month, the S&P/ASX200 returned 10.2% and the MSCI All Countries Index registered 7.5%. The S&P500 returned 17.5%. In the global equities sector, Loftus Peak Global disruption ...

Platinum's lead PM for Asia fund departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... Holdings. The fund is among the best performers in Platinum's lineup. It delivered 29.3% in 2020 (compared to 13.9% from the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Net Index in A$). On a two-year basis it is 6.8% above the benchmark, and 1.7% above it since inception ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... efficient use of energy, water and scarce resources." Osmosis said the portfolio will be 60% more resource efficient than the MSCI World (ex-Australia) benchmark. "CSC is our first Australian client and joins a growing roster of forward-thinking investors ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... to be "at the heart" of Aladdin going forward. Other companies are also attempting to solve this data issue. For example, MSCI acquired start-up Carbon Delta in 2019, which has developed the MSCI Climate Value-at-Risk measure. The rating uses a database ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by 2% per annum on a rolling three-year basis, and is managed by portfolio manager Jaime ...

Bloomberg indices to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... Pacific, global aggregate, US municipals, high yield and emerging markets will be included in the rebrand. Bloomberg Barclays MSCI indices will be known as the Bloomberg MSCI indices. Bloomberg Index Services chief executive Steve Berkley said: "We are ...