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Ironbark brings new global small companies fund to Aussie investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... Capital Advisors (Apis) to launch the Ironbark Apis Global Small Companies Fund. The new fund aims to outperform the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Index AUD (after fees) over five to seven years. To do this, Apis uses a fundamental approach to construct a long-only ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... Small Cap Fund is actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Net Index. The fund launched in 2016 in the US. It returned 17.9% in the year to December 2021, and 32.5% over ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... target by 2050 (NZE2050)," QSuper said. QSuper measures its exposures against an adjusted MSCI All Countries World Index (MSCI ACWI) benchmark to reflect material differences in geographies, which the fund says better reflects its overall investment ...

Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... 70% of global growth and 60% of the world's GDP comes from emerging markets, yet it accounts for just 13% of the MSCI ACWI Index. "I started Ox Capital Management with a mission to deliver stellar returns for our investors. I have had the privilege ...

MSCI launches implied temperature tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... global temperature targets. The company-level dataset will cover nearly 10,000 publicly listed companies based on the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index. The tool is in line with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which recommends ...

EQT partners with ETF specialist

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... EQT Eight Bays Global Fund, which invests in ETFs listed in global stock exchanges aiming to deliver 2-3% above the MSCI ACWI ex Australia Index. The fund invests in sectors such as information technology, cyber security, communications services, medical ...

NGS Super awards $150m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... company. The US$1.6 billion strategy has been running since April 2016, returning 22.24% p.a. (net of fees, in USD) to the MSCI ACWI small return's 13.49% p.a. from inception to June end. It invests in both developed and emerging countries, with ...

Montgomery launches two global strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... high-quality growth companies from around the world. The fund delivered 16.42% per annum net of fees, while its benchmark MSCI ACWI Net Total Return Index returned 10.77% p.a. Around June 2021, the Polen Capital Global Emerging Markets Growth Fund will ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... public markets. The flagship Holon Photon Fund achieved a 44.4% per annum in the one year to January 2021, beating the MSCI ACWI Index's 2.1% p.a. The fund currently invests in companies that operate in payments, entertainment, cloud computing, software ...

New global equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... over three years and 13.2% p.a. over five years, as at December end. This is 5.3% and 3.2% higher respectively than the MSCI ACWI ex Australia in AUD. Its biggest sector weights are to IT, healthcare and consumer staples. The ETFs fees are set at 90 ...