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Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... experience shone through at Perennial. Over the two years to 31 July, the fund lost 1.23 per cent, a mere fifth of the MSCI World ex-Australia which lost a higher 6.87 per cent. Competing fund Platinum International fund, for example, lost 5 per cent ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... 2008. The returns places the fund yards ahead of the global equity markets 18.9 per cent average, according to the MSCI World ex-Australia unhedged $A. The Winton Global Alpha Fund is actively managed, investing in both futures and cash. The fund can ...

Aus Ethical World Trust beats benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... launched on August 2 amidst falling global stock markets and, as such, posted -17.3 per cent since inception against the MSCI World Index which posted -18.3 per cent over the same time frame. The World Trust's funds under management have grown to $37.5 ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... August last year, the sub-prime crisis triggered meltdowns in major indexes including losses of 24.1 per cent for the MSCI World Index (unhedged) and 38.3 per cent for the S&P/ASX Listed Property Trust Index. Bucking the trend is Select Asset Management's ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... S&P/ASX Small Ords Accumulation Index and its global equities portfolio returned 5.18 per cent above its benchmark, the MSCI World (ex-Aus) Index net dividends reinvested in AUD. In addition to outperforming the benchmarks in its first year, Karara Capital ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... companies worldwide. Vanguard assigns weighting to this select group to reflect risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index.

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... The Falkiner Global Absolute Returns Fund's unit price increased by 20.6 per cent in April this year, compared to the MSCI World Index which climbed just two per cent over the same period.

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... $942.1 million. The group blamed market volatility for the quarter numbers. Over the same period, the S&P/ASX 300 and MSCI World, excluding Australia, were down 14.6 per cent and 12.4 per cent respectively. Last year's figures were also propped up by ...

Magellan Global mirrors Berkshire strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... and operational staff [which] has been in place [since] MFG's inception," said Moncrieff. The fund outperformed the MSCI World Net TR Index by 6.5 per cent posting -2.9 per cent for the six-month period ending in January. However, since the fund was ...

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Saddington. Asked why super funds should look at their products, Saddington highlights the fund's outperformance against the MSCI World Index in February by more than 200 basis points and that it has generated an 11.9 per cent return since inception. ...