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Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... (5%). It aims to perform in line with the benchmarks' returns (before tax) which are: the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index, MSCI World ex-Australia ex-Tobacco Net Dividends Reinvested Index, Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Years Index, Citigroup Global ...

Female board representation increases in Australia: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Latest MSCI research shows more women joined Australian company boards in 2018. The proportion of women holding seats in Australia's boardrooms grew 2.8 percentage points last year. The proportion of female seats in Australian boardrooms now sits at ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Shares Australian Ethical Diversified Shares Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund Responsible Investment Leaders Bal UBS IQ MSCI USA Ethical ETF FIXED INCOME - AGGREGATE BONDS iShares Global Bond Index Fund Perpetual Diversified Income Fund PIMCO ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... year end or pay significant penalties. By 2021, companies with six or more directors must have a minimum of three females. MSCI executive director and head of ESG Impact and screening research Meggin Thwing Eastman says the move is significant for global ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... moving those employees deemed essential and are hiring locally given the expense of relocation." Under a no-deal scenario, MSCI executive director of risk management solutions research Thomas Verbraken estimates UK and European stocks could fall by about ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... currency, commodity and bond markets. The S&P 500 index is down 6.2% this year to date, dragging all others with it - the MSCI developed equity index is down 9% and the emerging market measure has fallen by 13.3% over the same period. The US dollar index ...

Super fund awards $130m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... Super made the allocation to Bell Asset Management, which runs a global small and mid-cap strategy. It has outperformed the MSCI World SMID Cap index by 9.6% over the past 12 months, returning 15.9% before fees. Bell Asset Management managing director ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... remainder in fixed income. S&P Dow Jones, also a major player in equity indices, has about US$13.7 trillion benchmarked. MSCI, which purely operates in equity indexing, has about US$13.9 trillion benchmarked. Conversely, Bloomberg benchmarks US$14.4 ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... out tobacco and armaments. The $74 million fund has returned 14.78% net of fee since August 2014 inception as compared to MSCI AC world index ex Australia (gross dividends reinvested) which returned 13.45% in the same time.

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... challenging time for emerging markets. However, Thomas explains Pembroke's long-short strategy is more than 1% at a time when the MSCI EM Index is down about 16%. He is "very confident in the medium to long-term prospects for the boutique." "Our experience ...