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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 ...

Industry fund awards sustainable equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
An international fund manager was awarded a sustainable, emerging markets equities mandate by an $8.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a review, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund will invest an undisclosed amount ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... markets around the world registered gains - the MSCI equity index for developed markets rose by 0.8% and that for emerging markets increased by 2.4%. While the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the US dollar managed to end the week with a 0.1% ...

LIT serves up junk bonds to SMSFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... shown historic resilience in periods of rising rates," he said. The remaining 20% is European and about 20% in emerging markets. The trust only invests in debt denominated in three currencies: the US dollar, the Sterling and the Euro. As a result, the ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... billion, representing a $4.6 billion increase since the 2014-15 financial year. Investec Asset Management co-head of emerging markets and fixed income Werner Gey van Pittius, who recently visited Sydney from London, says some managers are scrambling ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... to counteract the negative impact of Trump's tariffs on its economy. And it's not only Beijing; other emerging markets have also been hit prompting their respective central banks and governments to enact mitigating strategies. This time of synchronised ...