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The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... ETFs from iShares and VanEck vectors (IJR, MVS) also dropped in the month. The VanEck Vectors MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMKT) returned about -3%. Read more about how super funds are using ETFs in their portfolios and what's the ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... (March and June), with another two expected (in September and December), Trump's trade war already underway, emerging markets in turmoil, slowing China, etcetera. The same "risks" - real or imagined - that's failed to keep equities down. If ever ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... the second quarter, "although multi-asset managers appear to be remaining overweight growth assets." It said emerging markets - particularly equity and debt, private debt, real assets and hedge funds were among the most popular destinations for capital ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... pool with an actively managed ETF set to launch later this month. The $589 billion manager will offer its global emerging markets ETF on the ASX under the ticker code FEMX. The ETF is based on Fidelity's five-year-old Global Emerging Markets Fund ...

Fidelity cuts management fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
Fidelity international has dropped the management fee on two of its funds. Fidelity's Global Emerging Markets fund and Global Equities Fund will charge a management fee of 0.99%. This reduces fees by 0.31% for the global emerging markets fund and 0.16% ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... the uncertainties presented by offshore challenges in the form of Trump's protectionism and the turmoil in emerging markets. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund manager, economist ...

WTW launches ESG index strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... manage a broad range of ESG factors rather than focus on a particular issue. The strategy covers developed and emerging markets with a diversified portfolio that spreads capital and risk more evenly across stocks compared to a traditional index strategy ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... 2018 marked the day when Morgan Stanley Capital Index (MSCI) included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index and MSCI All Country World Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... ETF again 0.02 percentage points cheaper - for exposure to more than 18,000 fixed income securities across both emerging markets and major developed countries. The fund will track the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate ex SRI Exclusions Index ...

Future Fund delivers 9.3%, increases risk moderately

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... assets (15.4%), cash (15.1%), private equity (14.1%), debt securities (8.9%), infrastructure and timberland (8%), emerging markets equities (7.3%), Australian equities (6.7%) and property (6.4%). The fund has ramped up its private equity exposures in ...