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Macquarie AM launches global small caps ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... global small caps a more accessible opportunity set for investors, while targeting potential outperformance relative to the index." MAM said the launch of MQXS reflects growing investor demand for access to global small companies through actively managed ...

Invesco, Trinetra IM strategies to wind up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... correlation to traditional financial market indices, targeting a gross return of 6% p.a. above the Bloomberg Ausbond Bank Bill Index with 8% p.a. target portfolio volatility. It returned 22.1% p.a. in the year to April and over a 10-year period achieved ...

Asset owners staying invested in the US: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Morningstar's latest Asset Owner Perspectives found that despite growing frustration with policy uncertainty and geopolitical volatility coming from the US, asset owners understand the need to continue to stay invested in the US market while ensuring ...

VanEck launches new Australian equity ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... said AQTY was developed to address the structural challenges of the Australian share market. The fund uses a purpose-built index developed in partnership with MSCI to identify 50 Australian companies based on financial strength, pricing discipline and ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Sharemarket crashes and their inevitable recovery are well-charted, but no one really talks about what happens in between. Who are the investors caught in the crash, and who are the ones that capture the most gains on the way up? In that space between ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... markets were close to a full recovery. In 2025 and over a 20-year run, emerging markets have outperformed the MSCI World Index by 10.6% p.a. and 1.4% p.a. respectively. The energy crisis has spurred the urgency for emerging economies to commit and take ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... the USD and blue chips like the Magnificent Seven becoming expensive. At the performance level, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has delivered about 44% p.a. in the year to April, while the MSCI World returned 28% p.a. Year-to-date, this works out to ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... mandates linked to several of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Benchmarking against MSCI World ex Australia Index, the strategy will typically hold between 250 and 500 stocks selected through a systematic and data driven investment process ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) is fundamentally about reducing distortions in the tax system as a whole and to introduce a more fair and neutral system in place of the current one. Speaking at the Bloomberg Forum ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... dividend rotation strategy targeting monthly income distributions and tracks the MSCI World ex Australia Net Returns Unhedged Index, Plato said. The launch of PGI2 is in response to increasing demand for income diversification and convenient listed access ...