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Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... said the US Russell 1000 Value Index, since the start of 2017, has underperformed the competing growth index by 25%. The MSCI World Value Index has also underperformed but not by the same magnitude. "A large part of the underperformance is because US ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... participants reported a 13.9% average portfolio return for 2017, which 93% said was a satisfactory result. For comparison, the MSCI All Country World Index returned 24% and the S&P 500 returned 21.8%. Although there were impressive global equity returns ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... been given one of the highest ethical ratings by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). VanEck's MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI) was certified 'ethical' by RIAA according to the strict operational and ...

Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... 11.4% per annum net of fees since its December 2015 inception. Performance for the year ending May 2018 was 4.7% above the MSCI World ex Australia net total return index.

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... in August 2015 when the People's Bank of China (PBOC) devalued the yuan from 6.21 to 6.40 per one yankee dollar. The MSCI world index dropped by 10% in response and the MSCI emerging markets index fell by 10.6%. Speculations back then was that the ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
... foreign-exchange swap contracts in an effort to stabilise their markets." This is supported by Factset's data that showed the MSCI Emerging Markets index underperforming (down 1%) the MSCI Developed Markets index (up 1.9%) this year to date. This ...

Contango to launch global active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... managed by WCM Investment Management and mirrors WCM's existing Quality Global Growth Strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index over the past 10 years. WCM has entered into an exclusive arrangement with CGA and Switzer Asset Management ...

China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
The recent inclusion of 226 China A-shares to several MSCI indexes is opening a floodgate of foreign capital to the Chinese equity market and at the very least disrupting the $2.6 trillion which tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Phased in over ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... US-North Korea summit have drowned China's modern version of the "Great Leap Forward". The first day of June marked when MSCI included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI All Country World Index and MSCI China Index ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... tremendous impact on emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index up to 40.8%. Discussing the implications, Robeco Chinese equities portfolio manager Victoria Mio ...