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Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... consistently integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its investment decisions through the use of the equity MSCI ESG Index and the fixed income Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Corporate Sustainability Index. The company said it is convinced ...

Last chance: Financial Standard ETF Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... Raju, managing director, exchange traded products Asia, FTSE Russell Tim Bradbury, executive director, ETF client coverage, MSCI Russel Chesler, director, investments & portfolio strategy, VanEck Australia Adrian McRae, financial planner, Grimsey Wealth ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
Global equity index provider MSCI will add China A shares to two of its indices starting June 2018. More than 220 China A large cap stocks will be incorporated to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will ...

VicSuper launches ESG member option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... incidents and/or controversies." The equities portion of this investment option is based on a custom index derived from the MSCI Global Fossil Fuels Exclusion Index and the MSCI Global Socially Responsible Index. VicSuper explained that the launch of ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... next two years, followed by an ongoing reduction to 0.35%. The performance fee is 10% of the net excess return above the MSCI Emerging Markets (Net) Index, with what Remerga chief investment officer Craig Mercer describes as a "high watermark." Speaking ...

SSGA ramps tech exposure post-Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... sectors. These investments reflected the 12% boost in technology stock prices over Trump's first 100 days as President; the MSCI USA Index returned 6% over the same period. As above, despite taking a more bullish stance on tech companies, the Global ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Asenjo said. The King Irving Sura Pacific Alliance Fund is currently overweight in Peru by more than 10%, relative to the MSCI Latam Pacific Alliance Capped Index. Geographically Mexico makes up half of the investment portfolio. In terms of sectors ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... profiles." The funds included in the model portfolio series are the VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF, VanEck Vectors MSCI World Ex Australia Quality ETF, Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF, VanEck Vectors AUstralian Property ETF ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
MSCI has launched a new interactive tool that assesses environmental, social and governance metrics for 8500 companies globally. The MSCI ESG Metrics helps investors measure a portfolio's ESG risk, particularly where a lack of data can be a significant ...

Charter Hall fund debuts on multiple platforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... Powerwrap. The fund has been generating an average return of 17.1% per annum (on Wholesale A Units) compared to the benchmark (MSCI/IPD Australian Unlisted Wholesale Property Fund Index) of 12.1% per annum since 2014. It's been rated as 'highly recommended' ...