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Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... for corporate funds to 20% from 17 per cent From October 2013 to September 2015, the fully hedged index (MSCI world ex Australia equities) underperformed by 8.6% 2015 FX exposure in emerging markets rose to 44% in 2015 from 25% in 2013 In 56% of funds ...

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality exchange traded fund (QUAL) has been added to the BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms. In its first year, QUAL has returned 35.81% (after fees) to 29 October 2015, outperforming the standard international ...

Van Eck ETFs added to CFS FirstWrap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... four ETFs now available on FirstWrap are the Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF, Marker Vectors Australian Banks ETF and Market Vectors Australian Property ETF. "We are delighted that Colonial ...

Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... exchange-traded fund with a quality bias. Trading under the ASX code QUAL, the ETF is designed to track the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index. The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF gives investors access to a portfolio of 300 quality ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality factors: high return on equity (ROE) ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... researcher tracks was 21.34% in Australian dollar terms in the 12 months to 31 October 2013, while the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index was up 38.16%. It's a similar story over three years where the average hedge fund has achieved an annualised ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... operations. International equities have been one of the top performing asset classes of 2013 with the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index rising 45.04% in Australian dollar terms versus 23.26% from the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index. The report ...

Magellan insists huge growth won't hamper returns

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... top-performing fund in its sector with returns of 15.1% over the five years to 31 August 2013. By comparison, the MSCI World ex Australia benchmark has returned 3.37% over the period and the peer group average return is just 3.79%. Cairns recently took ...

AQR wins $330m-plus insto mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Less than three months after AQR launched its Global Enhanced Equity Fund, the firm has received $337 million in mandates from three institutional investors - and is well on track to reach the $620 million mark. Jeff Dunn, head of AQR's Australian institutional ...

Perennial invests in oil equipment stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... million in funds under management. The fund returned more than 23 per cent for the year to May while the MSCI World ex Australia recorded 8 per cent for the same period.