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Mirae drops fees on Asian equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... of the Asian region excluding Japan. It has returned 18.9% in the year ending May, beating the benchmark MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (in AUD) 3.4% over the period. Australian-domiciled vehicle's assets total $4.23 million while the underlying fund has about ...

Schroders director jumps to Robeco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... is moving into the role of Robeco's head of insurance strategy for APAC. Robeco's head of institutional business Asia ex Japan Graham Elliot said: "I am delighted to welcome Brian, Denis and Rupeng to the regional team." "We have seen a continuous growth ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... local S&P/ASX Small Ords Total Return fell 26.72%, global stock market indices were down between 6.26% (MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan NR AUD) and 13.09% (MSCI Europe NR AUD). Consequently, all global equities funds analysed posted negative returns for the quarter ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... market volatility that has stripped billions from the world's bourses, Morningstar research shows. The MSCI AC Asia EX Japan benchmark declined by 10% during the COVID-19 sell-off, while the emerging markets benchmark fell by 15%. This isn't ...

Ellerston LIC chair resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... portfolio of large caps. Performance has been above benchmark for recent periods. It delivered 8.55% above the MSCI Asia ex Japan (AUD), to the year ending December. Since inception returns were 0.71% under the benchmark.

BetaShares to launch three tech ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... methodology for the BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA), which invests in the 50 largest tech companies in Asia ex Japan, including names like Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu. "It was more like a partnership. Our research team worked closely with ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... new lead for its Asia Pacific distribution business following the promotion of Scott Keller. Currently head of the Asia ex Japan institutional business, Nick Trueman has been appointed head of Global Investment Management Service, APAC. He will commence ...

BlackRock names new head of iShares Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... based in Hong Kong since 2014, leading BlackRock's private banking and asset manager distribution strategies for Asia ex Japan. Obrist joined BlackRock in 2012 in Europe, prior to which he worked at J.P. Morgan and UBS. He will report directly to ...

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... international norms and principles like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. SSGA head of global equity beta solutions, Asia ex Japan, Susan Darroch said: "The world is shifting towards a low-carbon economy and institutional investors are increasingly ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... 8.35%, the biggest gainer among all hedge fund regional investment mandates. They have outperformed the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index by over 14%. Eastern Europe and Russia-dedicated hedge fund strategies posted the worst returns in December, down 4.48% ...