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Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... strategies in each group, the main index for Australian equities (S&P/ASX200) returned -0.7% while international equities (the MSCI All Countries ex-Australia unhedged) returned 27% in Australian dollar terms. Taking these effects into account, the allocation ...

Super funds predict Aussie dollar fall

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... 18% in 2013 and for corporate funds to 20% from 17 per cent From October 2013 to September 2015, the fully hedged index (MSCI world ex Australia equities) underperformed by 8.6% 2015 FX exposure in emerging markets rose to 44% in 2015 from 25% in 2013 ...

Sunsuper awards large multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Global Equity Trust, in Australia. It is based on the firm's Systematic Global Equity strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.55% per annum over five years.

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality exchange traded fund (QUAL) has been added to the BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms. In its first year, QUAL has returned 35.81% (after fees) to 29 October 2015, outperforming the standard international ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Listed wealth management platform provider GBST has formed a partnership with MSCI to expand global equities after-tax calculation services at the indexing firm. The collaboration will, for the first time, see after-tax calculations made available on ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... achieved considerably less volatility (9.7%) when compared to broader equity markets such as the S&P 500 (11.5%) and the MSCI World (11.8%). As at 30 September 2015, the fund has over $248 million in funds under management, including over $47 million ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the MSCI All Countries World Index lost 5.7% in Australian dollar terms. Despite this inflows continued to be strongly positive ...

PM Capital wins Zenith award

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Ashley Pittard. "This approach has enabled us to provide our investors with a total excess return after fees of 259% above the MSCI World index since inception in 1998." Pittard added, "Being a value investor, or contrarian investor as it is often called ...

Super returns fall sharply in August

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... against the US dollar. That return from 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 ...

Neuberger Berman launches global equities fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... encompasses developed and emerging markets. It is based on the firm's Systematic Global Equity strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.55% per annum over 5 years. The Australian vehicle is benchmarked to the MSCI All Country World ...