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Charter Hall launches new industrial fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... Funds series, with the first three funds having raised over $400 million in equity, and have all outperformed the benchmark MSCI/IPD Unlisted Core Wholesale Property Fund Index over the life of the fund," Charter Hall head of direct property Nick Kelly ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Street International Equities Index Trust Ex Tobacco Ex Controversial Weapons Fund intends to track the performance of the MSCI World ex Australia ex Tobacco ex Controversial Weapons Index. Medibank Private has provided a $170 million seed investment ...

VanEck ETFs receive Zenith rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... ETFs have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and the VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality ETF were awarded the rating in what VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron described ...

Antipodes LIC launches on ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... in July 2015, the LIC, which is based on the Antipodes Global Fund strategy, has delivered a 13.6% net return, beating the MSCI ACWI by 11.6%. In his speech at the launch ceremony, Antipodes Partners director Chris Cuffe noted it was the third-largest ...

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Australia, targeting minimum volatility and multifactor strategies. The iShares Edge Smart Beta products comprise the iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF, the iShares Edge MSCI World Minimum Volatility ETF, iShares Edge MSCI Australia ...

Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
MSCI head of Research Remy Briand has countered a recent paper from AllianceBernstein which suggested passive investing is "worse than Marxism." The original paper, spearheaded by Bernstein Investment Research and Management head of global quantitative ...

MSCI launches new insto global equity risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
MSCI has launched a new model to analyse systematic risk in global equity portfolios for institutional investors. The Barra Global Total Market Trading Equity Model, based on MSCI's Systematic Equity Strategies adds new risk factors including news sentiment ...

Templeton director returns to the fold

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... "disappointing year," with the fund reporting an 11% decline in portfolio value in the year to June 30, compared to a 0.6% fall in the MSCI ACWI. The report said that while TGG was "acutely aware of recent returns," the investment team was "convinced ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... emissions energy for 7,000 Victorian households. The fund has also moved its international shares index portfolio to the global MSCI Low Carbon Index, investing in overseas companies that have a 70% lower carbon exposure than the rest of the market and ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... robust given the low growth, volatile environment. Global equity markets experienced negative returns over the year, with the MSCI developed markets and emerging markets indices returning a combined -1.88%. She added that the Guardians' Board remained ...