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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... Commencing 1 April 2019, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, will for the first time, include Chinese bonds. With the MSCI recently opening up to Chinese equities, the same phenomena is now occurring on the bond side, says QIC managing director ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... emerging market investors becoming "nervous" about the escalating trade war - particularly as China looks to make up 30% of the MSCI Global Emerging Markets Index. Many clients are now seeking for a counterbalance to China and other Asian markets' dominance ...

CFS strikes strategic distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... return in their portfolios," Chun said. Since its 2006 inception, the fund has achieved a 6.43% return per annum above the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark. Baillie Gifford director Colin Neilson said: "The new alliance offers an opportunity to ...

MSCI Australia executive director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
An executive director who helped establish MSCI's Australian presence has left the company after 17 years. Departing the business on Friday, Michael Anderson spoke of how MSCI has gone from a "one person start up" to a company with 20 staff and four ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure. The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX:VISM) and the Vanguard Global Infrastructure Index ETF (ASX:VBLD) ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... delivering close to -4%. Small caps ETFs from iShares and VanEck vectors (IJR, MVS) also dropped in the month. The VanEck Vectors MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMKT) returned about -3%. Read more about how super funds are using ETFs in ...

Mason Stevens launches global equity SMA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... companies across the market capitalisation spectrum based on fundamental bottom-up stock analysis, and seeks to outperform the MSCI World ex-Australia index. Mason Stevens managing director Thomas Bignill said there has been solid demand for the portfolio ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... classes. Since March 26 inception, class A (base fee option of 1.5%) has returned 11.2% which is 0.2% above the benchmark MSCI AC World Accum Index (AUD). Class B (performance fee option, 1.10% plus 15% of excess returns over benchmark with a high watermark) ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
MSCI launched a series of market capitalisation weighted indexes excluding stocks involved in tobacco production. The new suite of indexes exclude all companies classified as producers of tobacco, and also excludes companies deriving 5% or more aggregate ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... strategy which integrates ESG factors in the investment process with the help of a major index provider. WTW teamed up with MSCI to establish the Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index. The strategy offers equity investors looking to manage a broad range ...