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Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Allarum who have a 19-person team. The returns since 2012 inception are 14.43% per annum after fees and in AUD as compared to MSCI Emerging Markets Index Net of 9.56% per annum. "We believe the fundamental dynamics of emerging markets are now well positioned ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
VanEck has launched a hedged version of a $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 ...

Australia appeals holistically to foreign investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... drawcard. Despite the numerous benefits investing in Australia provides equity investors, the country comprises just 2% of the MSCI All Country World Index. Local investors enjoy several advantages to investing in their home ground, given the tax benefits ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
MSCI said it will increase weighting of China A-shares in its indices from 5% to 20% by the end of this year. Here's what managers think. Mainland Chinese shares could rise: VanEck VanEck believes the inclusion could hoist mainland Chinese shares ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... Australian ESG benchmark, BlackRock Investment Management Australia said. The benchmark is a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI SRI ESG-Weighted Australian Aggregate AU$100M Index. It excludes tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civil firearms ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... foreign-ownership caps on car ventures, and reduce tariffs on auto imports." But even better than better are latest reports that MSCI will raise the weighting of China A-shares in its indicempt s by raising the inclusion factor from the current 5% to ...

Global manager launches ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... who moved into a portfolio manager role last year after eight years with Investec. The strategy will aim to outperform the MSCI Global Environment Custom gross of fees over five years and with a quantifiable carbon-saving impact. Fixed asset managed ...

Platinum LIC posts $29m in losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... managed by co-founder Andrew Clifford. The losses come as PMC's six-month performance fell to -8.6% compared to the benchmark MSCI AC World Net Index ($A) recording -4.5%. Over a year, PMC lost 7.4% while the benchmark gained 0.6%. Despite the recent ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... increase of 41.1%. Interestingly, female representation in ASX-listed companies are not far behind. Latest research from MSCI shows more women joined Australian company boards in 2018. The proportion of women holding seats in Australia's boardrooms ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... Shanghai and Shenzen Chinese stock exchanges, has doubled from 2% to 4%. In mid-2018 China A-Shares were included in the MSCI Emerging Markets and All Country World indices, a move that was well-received by global investors seeking improved access to ...