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Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Mulligan, Ventura managing director. Based on historical modeling the Global Opportunities Fund (Gross) outperformed the MSCI World Net Dividends Reinvested Accumulation Index by 14 basis points in January this year. The High Growth 100 underlying managers ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... major currencies prevented most pension plans from benefiting from rising foreign stock markets," added McDougall. The MSCI World Index's 4.7 per cent gain in local currency terms translated into a loss of 7.5 per cent for the year, once exchange rates ...

Intech alt fund posts 16pc

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... much of its performance during the recent sub-prime crisis, where it delivered positive returns at a time when the MSCI World Index hit negative territory. The fund also hit highs of five per cent late last year, but underperformed the MSCI World Index ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... responsible investment fund has beaten the average overseas mainstream fund by a wide margin of almost 10 per cent and the MSCI World Index by over 11 per cent. Specialist managed responsible investment portfolios grew by 43 per cent to $17.1 billion ...

Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... relative attractiveness of selected offshore companies. Australia only represents approximately 2.5 per cent of the MSCI World Index, and the Australian stock market is heavily concentrated in financial services and resource companies," he said.

DeAM global thematic fund impresses van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... sees companies all over the world compete for customers and capital. Not all of these companies are represented in the MSCI World Index," Barbour said. The minimum investment in the fund is $25,000.

Global indices are dinosaurs: Schroders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... could be heading for extinction, according to Schroders' head of sales, Brian Scott. Scott said indices such as the MSCI World (ex-Australia) were inefficient, had a poor alignment of interest, were unsafe and left out thousands of potentially valuable ...

Small cap oversight costs significant alpha

... managers consistently focusing on large cap shares. "There are around 1,500 small cap stocks on their benchmark, the MSCI World Index, and each of those small caps deliver an incremental alpha which they are missing out on," she said. Based in the UK ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... gain and outpacing the S&P TSX Composite by 1.3 per cent. Foreign stocks also did their part, pushing the four-year MSCI World Index to 14.2 per cent in Canadian dollar terms. Canadian pension funds also boosted returns by limiting their exposure to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... Australian Stock Market rallied yesterday with in excess of a 100 stocks reaching year-long highs at a time when the MSCI World Index climbed to a similar high last reached in late February. Takeover activity of Coles, the Rinker Group and Qantas explained ...

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Advice veteran's exit creates $1bn Tassie wealth group

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:49AM
Mancell Financial Group (MFG) founder Peter Mancell has retired as a financial adviser after 46 years, selling the business he built to pave the way for a $1 billion wealth management firm in Tasmania.

UniSuper, Aware Super deliver positive returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:46AM
UniSuper and Aware Super have reported returns across all investment options for the 2025-26 financial year.

HESTA executive jumps ship to Cbus

VINNY VUCAGO  |   11:59AM
A C-suite executive from HESTA has taken on a new role as chief member officer at Cbus, effective October.

ASFA strengthens cyber security with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:39AM
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has named its head of cyber and financial crime, bringing relevant experience from a super fund.

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