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BlackRock lists three ESG ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... sustainability focus. The three funds are the iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IESG), iShares Core MSCI World Ex Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IWLD) and iShares Core MSCI World ex Australia ESG Leaders (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHWL). IESG seeks to ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Australian Small Companies Fund International Equities - Active Core VanEck Australia - VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF International Equities - High Performance BNP Paribas Asset Management - BNP Paribas C WorldWide Global Equity ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... 20 times bigger with approximately 4000 listed international small companies making up the benchmark, MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index." However, Neiron said, not all the companies are desirable from an investment perspective. "QSML is an international ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... The fund has $243 million as at May 28. The latest iteration, changes the name, and the benchmark from MSCI World ex Australia Select ESG Low Carbon Integrated Index to MSCI World ex Australia Index, with net dividends reinvested. This is the third benchmark ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... $520 million that invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the $516 million QUAL. QUAL's index determines ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... Government. Launched in March 2018, ESGI invests in about 174 sustainable international companies and tracks the MSCI World ex Australia ex Fossil Fuel Select SRI and Low Carbon Capped Index. The index screens companies based on fossil fuel ownership ...

Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... of fees since its December 2015 inception. Performance for the year ending May 2018 was 4.7% above the MSCI World ex Australia net total return index.

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... was valued at $229 million as at 28 February 2018. SSGA said the fund's index is being changed to the MSCI World ex Australia Select ESG Low Carbon Integrated Index, biased against companies most highly exposed to carbon price changes. This reduces carbon ...

Praemium expands global SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... companies with sustainable business models and proven management teams. The portfolio aims to outperform the MSCI World ex Australia Index over the medium to longer term. "Investor demand for high performing, global and mid-cap equity funds continues ...