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Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... chosen to fill the 260 highest conviction positions across the 26 portfolios. There are 1500 possible choices in the MSCI World Index. Favourite stocks included Roche, which appeared in seven portfolios, tobacco maker Phillip Morris International, Nestle ...

Fund managers struggle to beat index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... was outstanding 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 ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... ETFs as the firm hopes to cash in on increasing investor demand for exchange traded funds. These ETFs include the iShares MSCI Australia 200, which will aim to track the performance of the MSCI Australia 200 Index investing in the 200 largest companies ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... markets of the western world. There are many emerging market products in Australia that are either benchmarked against the MSCI EM Index or have exposure to the component stocks. Kedersha points out that MSCI EM constituent stocks remain heavily weighted ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... under management (AUM), an increase of 5.7 per cent year-to-date. That outperformed the 3.7 per cent increase in the MSCI World Index over the same period, in US dollar terms, according to the report. But the popularity of ETFs may be coming at the expense ...

Ambassador wins Copper Rock mandate in Oz

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... quantitative and fundamental analyses to identify companies with superior growth rates. We expect to outperform the MSCI World Small Cap Index generally by 300bps gross of fees over a full market cycle," said Dexter. "We identified Australia as a market ...

Nicholas-Applegate's 130/30 gets nod

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... its benchmark since inception. The fund, which is available to Australian investors, lost 3.3 per cent, outperforming the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index more than four fold when the index lost 14.4 per cent over a two-year period. "There was ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... experience shone through at Perennial. Over the two years to 31 July, the fund lost 1.23 per cent, a mere fifth of the MSCI World ex-Australia which lost a higher 6.87 per cent. Competing fund Platinum International fund, for example, lost 5 per cent ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... S&P/ASX Small Ords Accumulation Index and its global equities portfolio returned 5.18 per cent above its benchmark, the MSCI World (ex-Aus) Index net dividends reinvested in AUD. In addition to outperforming the benchmarks in its first year, Karara Capital ...

T.Rowe Price grows FUM ten-fold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... party distribution, T. Rowe Price. The Global Equity Fund reported a 6.07 per cent return net of fees, easily beating the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark of 0.7 per cent last year. But the 2008 figures to date are more subdued due to global market ...