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Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... across various assets, indicates that due to the "extreme valuation" of US equities and their dominant 70% share of the MSCI World Index, investors in conventional global market cap indices shouldn't expect higher returns for taking on greater risk. ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... sharper focus. "But again, the difference between parties is negligible," he said. Australian equities underperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by an annualised 0.1% under Coalition governments, and by 0.3% under Labor. "Given that total returns ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... return. Equity markets, nevertheless, took pole position last year. International equities unhedged - represented by the MSCI World ex-Australia index - topped the table with a 31.11% return. Mercer global head of capital markets Harry Liem said equity ...

Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... listed on developed market exchanges. The strategy, which has US$300 million invested assets, aims to outperform the MSCI World Small Cap Net Index. Since its inception in June 2022, the Australian unit trust version of the fund has returned 18.7% per ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... 13.5% year-to-date. That, combined with the US accounting for 67% of the MSCI All Country Index (ACWI) and 70% of the MSCI World Index, has made him more cautious on the outlook. "We went into this year thinking the new Trump administration would be ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... with an initial allocation of $60 million. The Osmosis Core Equity Fund targets a better risk-adjusted return than the MSCI World benchmark by identifying companies that are more resource efficient than their same sector peers, and therefore better placed ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... returns. SMDAM's Global Strategy has achieved a gross return of 12.53% p.a. since inception in April 2015, compared to the MSCI World Benchmark of 9.96% p.a. Cumulative returns since inception amount to 216.10% for the portfolio gross of fees versus ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... pricing power of marquee companies. The firm said its portfolio's net return for January was 6.4% compared to the MSCI World AUD index, which was 2.4% for the month. Returns were broad-based, with a meaningful contribution from Richmond Amazon, Visa ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... outperformed domestic equities over the longer term, certainly for the last decade. For example, the S&P 500 and the MSCI World have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 by 8% and 3% per annum respectively over that period," Schroders Australia head of product ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... pricing-power of marquee companies. The firm said its portfolio's net return for January was 6.4% compared to the MSCI World AUD index, which was 2.4% for the month. Returns were broad-based, with a meaningful contribution from Richmond Amazon, Visa ...