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China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... capital to the Chinese equity market and at the very least disrupting the $2.6 trillion which tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Phased in over a two-stage process and completing in August, HSBC says more than $783 billion of foreign investment ...

Chief economist update: China's neo-great leap forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... "Great Leap Forward". The first day of June marked when MSCI included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI All Country World Index and MSCI China Index - a culmination and fulfilment of MSCI's announcement made one ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index up to 40.8%. Discussing the implications, Robeco Chinese equities portfolio manager Victoria Mio said the $8.8 trillion ...

Smart beta emerging markets ETF launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... including China, with returns higher than the MSCI EM Index. VanEck's latest smart beta ETF will track the MSCI Emerging Markets Diversified Multiple-Factor Index (AUD) instead of the base index. This index filters the MSCI EM universe based on four ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... on emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index up to 40.8%. Discussing the implications, Robeco Chinese equities portfolio manager Victoria Mio told Financial Standard ...

Liquidnet opens doors to Pakistani equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... increased member interest and a demand for liquidity in Pakistan since the inclusion of the market in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index." "This is an important step in establishing our presence in key emerging markets worldwide, and we see it as an appealing ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... two of its indices starting June 2018. More than 220 China A large cap stocks will be incorporated to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will also have a presence on the MSCI ACWI Index, and MSCI said ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... followed by an ongoing reduction to 0.35%. The performance fee is 10% of the net excess return above the MSCI Emerging Markets (Net) Index, with what Remerga chief investment officer Craig Mercer describes as a "high watermark." Speaking to Financial ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund has been constructed with limited reference to its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, with key holdings including Woolies in South Africa, Bank Zachodni in Poland, and Peru's Credicorp. "The portfolio ...

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... EM strategy includes securities primarily selected from stocks traded in all countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is also the benchmark. ClariVest was recently awarded the EM mandate from a super fund dedicated to the education ...