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Macquarie brings long-awaited ETFs to market

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... portfolio managers David Hanna and Andrew Vonthethoff. Finally, MQWS targets a long-term total return that exceeds the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (in AUD unhedged) with net dividends reinvested, investing in companies capable of generating sustained ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... flow generation. Some of the companies include Microsoft, Visa and Adobe. The index it will track has outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by 2.31% per annum since May 2006, the fund manager said. The management fee will be priced at 0.40%. ...

VanEck launches AUD-hedged equity ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... the 12 months to October 31, VanEck's QSML and MOAT ETFs have both exceeded their benchmarks, with QSML outpacing the MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index by 8.92% and MOAT besting the S&P by 4.45%.

SPDR slashes fees on six ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... 0.10%. The SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (WDIV) will reduce by 15 basis points from 0.50% to 0.35%. Finally, the SPDR MSCI World Quality Mix Fund (QMIX) will be cut by 22 basis points from 0.40% to 0.18%. Combined, they account for 67% of the business' ...

Magellan mulls converting closed-end fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... 13 shows that MGF recorded a NAV of $1.93. Since its inception in 2020, MGF has returned 4.4% per annum, while the MSCI World Net Total Return Index achieved 10.1%. MGF shares the same upheavals with the embattled Forager Australian Shares Fund (FOR) ...

Global small caps outperform Aussie counterparts: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... counterparts, offering higher annual returns and lower volatility. The US$3.6 trillion asset manager noted that the MSCI World Small Caps Index has yielded an 8.39% annual return over the last 22 years, outperforming the Australian small caps index by ...

Wheelhouse repositions global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... million in assets under management, is now known as the Wheelhouse Global Fund. Its benchmark has changed from the MSCI World ex Australia Index to the RBA cash rate +2.5%. Its internal return target of over 8% per annum over a rolling 5-year period ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... the returns, but also the size in the benchmark." This has magnified to the point where it's also impacting the MSCI World 1500 stock benchmark, where seven stocks are accounting for 50% of the return. This becomes difficult when you want to be a ...

Quality stocks outperform on average: Bell AM

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... success has been limited to a small pool of names. "Only five names have accounted for 47% of the total return of the MSCI World Index this year," he said. "Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, Nvidia, those five have accounted for almost half of the total returns ...

The Australian small-cap conundrum: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... capitalisation. "Global small-caps are, on average, two times larger than Australian small-caps, as represented by MSCI World Small Cap and S&P/ ASX Small Ordinaries," the paper explained. "Furthermore, the largest global small-cap, in the context of ...

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