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Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... its entire global equity portfolio by 2020. The fund's investment committee intends to use low carbon indices designed by MSCI as benchmarks for its low carbon strategies. "We are delighted to work with MSCI, whose products we hope will help take low ...

Register for the Financial Standard ETF Forum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... leading ETF providers including iShares by BlackRock, State Street Global Advisors, Magellan and VanEck. Index providers MSCI and STOXX will also be on hand to share the latest developments in market indices. The ETF market has grown 43% p.a. in the ...

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... the EU was "decaying" and that "[France] must now have the same referendum." According to stress-testing and modelling by MSCI, "shattering" of the Eurozone would drag UK economic growth by 4.3% annually; Spain would slow by 4.2%, the Netherlands by ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... boom" and its impact on emerging markets equities has already played out. "The energy and materials sector weights in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index are now only at 13%, down from 38% at the peak of the commodity boom and almost on par with the MSCI ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... alternative weighting schemes. Since launching in August 2014, AXA IM's fully ESG integrated Fund is now around 5% ahead of its MSCI ACWI benchmark. AXA IM director for Australia and New Zealand Craig Hurt said RIAA's certification reinforced AXA IM's ...

iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... construct entire portfolios and provide global multi-asset class exposure. They include the two newly launched exposures to the MSCI World Investment Market Index, which captures large, mid and small cap companies across 23 developed market countries. ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Global index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... leadership and support better long-term social and economic outcomes in support of gender diversity." According to a 2015 MSCI study that explored global trends in gender diversity on corporate boards between December 2009 and August 2015, companies ...

Plato fund highly rated by SQM

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... on its way to delivering its target 6% net income in its first year, approximately 4% higher than the typical yield on the MSCI World Ex Australia (global shares) Index. Plato managing director Dr Don Hamson welcomed the rating which recognises the unique ...