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Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... international equities. The fund aims to deliver total returns before fees, expenses and taxes of 3% above the MSCI All Countries World ex Australia Index over rolling three-year periods. The fund invests in the Nikko AM Global Equity Fund, managed from ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... partnership with Chinese fund manager China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC). While China only represents 1.72% of the MSCI World All Countries Index, it is 30% of the world economy. "This is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices ...

Emerging markets a no go in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... there were heavy losses for equities in key regions such as Brazil and Russia according to Legg Mason. The company said the MSCI EM Index fell almost 20% in the fourth quarter of 2014, and some individual regions were falling further still. "The widespread ...

Five Oceans to be disbanded

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... London-based River and Mercantile Asset Management (R&M). The fund will adopt a new benchmark, the MSCI All Countries World Index, as R&M differs from Five Oceans in that it is a traditional, long-only manager while Five Oceans had an absolute return ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year - In the 12 months to 31 October, the MSCI Emerging Market (Net Dividend) Index has returned just 16.66% in Australian dollar terms versus 37.72% from the ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... in the US, the companies in the S&P 500 Index derive 40% of their revenues outside of the US. At a global level, the MSCI All Country World Index is the broadest global equity index comprising 2500 companies. Emerging markets represent only 11% of the ...

Vanguard to publish portfolio holdings

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... investors and ensure they have the information they need to make well informed investment decisions". Of the 22 nations on the MSCI World Index surveyed in a 2011 Morningstar Global Investors Report, Australia and New Zealand were the only two countries ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... D-day. But while all these talks about "the coming" policy stimulus measures appear to be keeping equity markets afloat - the MSCI World Index is up 8.2% this year to date and the MSCI Emerging Market Index has gained 4.3% -- something tells me markets ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... remaining unchanged in 2010, growth picked up by 2.9%. And what did equity markets do with these grim forecasts back then? The MSCI World Index soared by 22.8% in 2009 and added another 7.8% the following year. Again, go figure.

CFS tilts at emerging market returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... minimum investment size of $1000, will be passively managed and will track selected stocks from countries covered within the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. In a move designed to set it apart from simple index-tracking funds and ETFs, the Realindex Emerging ...