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Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Madden, Matthew Patsky and Patrick Wollenberg. It has a strong performance track record. It has beat the benchmark, MSCI ACWI on 10 (fund 9.20% p.a. vs index 9.16%), five year (by 2.1% p.a.), three year (by 2.43% p.a.) and year to date basis (by 2.52% ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... assets over a 30-year period. The classic lifecycle portfolio kicks off with 40% invested in the S&P/ASX 200, 40% in MSCI ACWI ex Australia and 20% in the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index (AUD). Each year the fund managers pull out 1% from each growth ...

Don't fear the inflation reaper: Capital Group

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Budden discussed Capital Group's New Perspective Fund (NPF), which has a 43-year track record and has outperformed the MSCI ACWI by 3.5% per annum since March 1973. He said that in an environment that's tilting towards inflation, there may be "some managers ...

Boutique fund manager adds to distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... planning boutique firm, which he established in 1984. The firm's flagship Global Equity Fund, aims to outperform the MSCI ACWI by investing in companies with attractive long-term growth potential in both developed and developing markets. The fund is ...

AMP names new chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... Country Global Shares Index Fund, the NZ Shares Index Fund and the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. "The new ...

AMP Capital launches NZ index products

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... Country Global Shares Index Fund, the NZ Shares Index Fund and the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. AMP Capital ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... pointed to the 44-year track record of Capital Group's New Perspective (NPF) global strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI ACWI by 3.5% per annum since inception - despite now having about US$71 billion in assets. "NPF's US$71 billion sounds massive ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... markets," Harwood said. The new fund commits to reducing the exposure to carbon footprint and fossil fuels by 50% of its MSCI ACWI benchmark, with the portfolio's weighting tilted toward companies with positive ESG characteristics and involved in developing ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will also have a presence on the MSCI ACWI Index, and MSCI said it will begin calculating a number of global and regional provisional indexes designed to help manage ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... aims to deliver a large set of standardised ESG data and flagged metrics comparable across a range of companies in the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index (IMI). The tool can map geographic exposure to fragile ecosystems; chemical safety regulations; climate ...