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Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... red, the Watershed International ETF SMA delivered 6.86% p.a. gross return for its investors, outpacing its benchmark the MSCI World Index (AUD) which lost 2.48%, giving outperformance of 9.34%. In its July monthly report, the group's international separately ...

New fund tapping into Indian equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... volatility if required and will be targeted toward both retail and wholesale investors. The fund is to be benchmarked against the MSCI India Index in Australian dollars, with any outperformance of this attracting a 10% performance fee. India Avenue managing ...

BNP partner wins $240m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... domiciled in Australia and launched in 2013, aims to achieve term long-term capital growth and generate excess returns over the MSCI ACWI (AUD) NR index.

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... investment company Hunter Hall Global Value delivered an investment portfolio return of 12.3% last financial year, outperforming MSCI World by 11.9%. The LIC also produced an after tax profit of $30.5 million. Hunter Hall Global Value chairman Paul Jensen ...

AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... and has achieved an annualised 18.4% return since inception in August 2014. This represents a 4.69% outperformance of the MSCI ACWI benchmark.

Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... independent sustainability consultant, having been head of ESG research business development for the UK and Northern Europe at MSCI. He has also held roles at Risk Metrics, Innovest and New York Climate Rescue. Sophie Rahm, meanwhile, joins Standard ...

Antipodes LIC aims to raise $200m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... Partners' managed fund, the Antipodes Global Fund, which has delivered 7.4% net return in its first year, outperforming the MSCI All Country World Net Index (-0.6%). It also ranked second out of a pool of 54 global equity funds in the June 2016 Morningstar ...

Morphic fund added to wraps

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... manufacturer. "June 2016 vindicated our view that Pakistan is more "investable" than many non-market observers think, with MSCI upgrading it to Emerging Market status and adding it in that index," Slater said. Another consistent outperformer for the ...

Maple-Brown Abbott fund gets ratings tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... same period the fund has exhibited less volatility (10.6%) than broader equity markets such as the S&P 500 (13%) and the MSCI World (12.6%). The strategy has more than $1 billion of assets under management across both hedged and unhedged options, with ...

Antipodes to launch global equities LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... researcher's Australian Institutional Sector Survey for the year to 30 June 2016. It delivered an 8.4% return compared to the MSCI World ex-Australia Net Return AUD Index, which returned 0.4%. At the time, Antipodes managing director and chief investment ...