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Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... generation, with the market turmoil of 2020 showcasing the country's diversification characteristics. In the first quarter, the MSCI Emerging Markets index lost 23.6%, while the MSCI China A index lost just 9.72% and the MSCI China index (largely ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... recent findings from research houses and firms who have compared ESG funds with that of their ordinary market counterparts. MSCI conducted a comparison of its ESG indexes compared to its parent indexes for the first quarter of 2020 finding that the ESG ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
New research from MSCI aims to explore the correlation between environmental, social and governance factors and performance by breaking down a company's ESG score by the letter. MSCI core equity research executive director Guido Giese said MSCI had ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... professionals in Australia, and found that, globally, respondents forecast a loss of 7% for the S&P 500 and a loss of 7.3% for the MSCI World Index at year end. Their 2020 return expectations more closely resemble the modest declines seen in 2018 than ...

Chief economist update: Equity market disconnect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... behind us. As such, equity markets are going on a tear. After losing nearly a third of their value this year to March 23, the MSCI equity index (down 30.5%) and the MSCI emerging equity market index (down 27.3%) have, in less than three months, nearly ...

Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... investor pulls out. The AXA IM Global Dynamic Equity Plus fund invested in global equities and was 3.06% under its benchmark MSCI World Index ($A, unhedged) after fees for the year ending April. The fund, which started in October 2018, returned 0.68% ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... were driven by the ASX, which returned 4.4% in May, as well as the positive performance of international shares, with the MSCI All Countries AUD index returning 3.5%. AREITs have also played their part, chipping in a 7% return. "These results mean that ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... and controversial weapons. In 2018, State Street changed the fund to 50% lower carbon emissions and reserves compared to MSCI World-ex Australia and targeted 20% improvement in overall ESG profile. The fund was then called the State Street Low Carbon ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... attractive buying opportunities." However, May 11 saw the removal of six UBS ETFs from the ASX. These included the UBS IQ MSCI Asia APEX 50 Ethical ETF, UBS IQ MSCI Australia Ethical ETF, UBS IQ Cash ETF and the UBS IQ Morningstar Australia Quality ETF. ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... currency-hedged ETFs took four spots, totaling $427 million, across iShares S&P 500 AUD Hedged ETF (IHVV), VanEck Vectors MSCI World Ex-Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF (QHAL), BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Currency Hedged (Hedge Fund) (BBUS) and ...