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Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... the SelectingSuper international equities index is significantly below the benchmark MSCI All Country World ex Australia index. Australian equities returned a negative 3.2% result in the year to August 2015. Property meanwhile returned 14.2%, Australian ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... in the development of their investment strategies," Flagel said. Both indices are based on the Thomson Reuters Australia Index, a market capitalisation weighted stock of approximately 300 companies listed on the ASX. Companies will be screened according ...

Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... fund aims to deliver total returns before fees, expenses and taxes of 3% above the MSCI All Countries World ex Australia Index over rolling three-year periods. The fund invests in the Nikko AM Global Equity Fund, managed from Europe by the fund manager's ...

Market Vectors launches global quality focused ETF

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... September 2014. This represents 3.80% and 3.66% per annum outperformance respectively relative to the MSCI World ex Australia Index. Market Vectors is the ETF business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global. It now has six ETFs listed on the A ...

Northern Trust wins LUCRF $220m ESG mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Management has won a $220 million mandate from the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF). The World ex Australia index mandate, managed by the fund's international business Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, incorporates environmental ...

VicSuper and Aust Ethical adopt after-tax benchmark

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... Australian equity assets under management - have adopted an after-tax benchmark from the industry standard FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series. Both funds will be using the franking credit tranches of the FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series as the performance ...

NGS Super embraces after-tax benchmarking with FTSE ASFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
NGS Super has adopted an after-tax benchmark from the industry standard FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series for its $1.3 billion Australian equity portfolio. Using this benchmark, NGS Super will apply an income tax rate for superannuation funds but will ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... return in the overseas share survey was -5.3% in the three months to the end of July, while the MSCI World ex-Australia Index was -5.6% in the same period. Over 1 year, the median return of -1.4% beat the -2.4% index by 1%, while for five years, the ...

FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... equity mandate will be benchmarked against the FTSE ASFA Australia 300 capital gains tax index. The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series, which provides a range of industry standard after-tax indices tailored to the needs of all investors, aims to meet the ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... compared with global equities fund managers. Global equities outperformed the domestic index with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index rising 3.89 per cent over the first quarter - but global fund managers were unable to outpace it. Only 21 out of 71 unhedged ...