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MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
The index provider will reclassify Pakistan from emerging to frontier, on the back of size and liquidity. MSCI will implement the change in a single step in November, alongside its semi-annual index review (SAIR). "Although the Pakistani equity market ...

Bennelong launches emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... long-term returns by investing responsibly in emerging markets. It holds up to 80 stocks and benchmarks the MSCI Emerging Market Index. Edinburgh-based Skerryvore lead portfolio manager Glen Finegan said the fund does not invest in Chinese education ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... emergency purchase programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. The Eurozone's equity market index rose to its highest level in a year and three weeks to 3,845.60 points - up by 0.6% on the day, 8.2% this year to date and a ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... compared super fund asset class sector average returns, across over 900 investment option, to the respective capital market index, and assessed how many investment options in each asset class matched or beat the index. "A super fund's active investment ...

Vanguard fund hits US$1trn

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... November with $1.3 trillion in total assets, in an unprecedented feat in funds management. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund has been around since 1992 and follows a passive style of investing, with turnover rate limited to about 4%. "We take ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... Gray said. The super fund's Australian and international share portfolios have emitted 44% less carbon than the market index. Gray said the super fund will work with initiatives such as Climate Action (CA) 100+, the Australian Industry Energy Transitions ...

Morningstar's conviction weakened on BlackRock fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... are some notable sector biases. Materials and financial services are large underweightings compared with the broad market index," she said. But Zaychuck has concerns over the exposure to Kogan said investors should be aware that as assets grow these ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... major currency pair; 20:1 for CFDs referencing an exchange rate for a minor currency pair, gold or a major stock market index and 10:1 for CFDs referencing a commodity (other than gold) or a minor stock market index. Issuers must also limit retail clients' ...

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a suite of indices targeted at supporting Australian-domiciled institutional investors. The Australia Domestic Index Series has more than 50 domestic indices that benchmarks ESG, factors and market capitalisation among others, specific ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... plunging by 30% in mid-March, the fund delivered about -6.08% in the first quarter. South Korea's main stock market index, KOSPI, returned -32.5%, while the MSCI ACWI dropped by 31.8% over the same period. NPS said such adverse market conditions ...