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Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... up 55% to $36.4 billion. Magellan's flagship Global Fund delivered 29.5% after fees for the year, compared to 24.6% of the MSCI World NTR Index. The Magellan Infrastructure Fund returned 12.3% compared to 7.5% of the Global Infrastructure Benchmark ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... their first monthly loss this year in June, when returns fell 1.19% globally. However, hedge funds still outperformed the MSCI World Index, which fell 2.88% during the same period. Asia ex-Japan hedge funds took the biggest hit and suffered their worst ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... China mainland shares into global indices will likely boost foreign flows. The country currently represents around 25% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and about 2% of the MSCI World Index. But the percentages could grow to 40% and 14% respectively ...

Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... appetite for international equities. The 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 ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... efforts at liberalising the financial markets would be stymied - take two steps backward at worst, it won't be included in the MSCI emerging markets index now... and other combinations and permutations to that effect. But that will happen only if the ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... partnership with Chinese fund manager China Asset Management Company (ChinaAMC). While China only represents 1.72% of the MSCI World All Countries Index, it is 30% of the world economy. "This is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices ...

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Global infrastructure returns outperformed bonds and equities in the year to Q1 2015. This is based on MSCI's Global Quarterly Infrastructure Asset Index, which shows global infrastructure returned 18.1%. This compares favourably to MSCI's global indices ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... cent, or 301.88 points, to close at 26,687.64. Shanghai closed down 0.15 per cent, giving up 7.50 points to 5,106.04 after MSCI delayed including Chinese A shares in its benchmark index, saying it needed to resolve new issues with Chinese regulators. ...

Lonsec launches ESG metric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... labour, controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological weapons" by MSCI), corruption and bad accounting practices. "ESG awareness is no longer just a values based consideration when it comes ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... new kid in town." - Eagles Well, not quite yet Virginia but, if recent reports are confirmed there'll be a new kid in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index soon - as soon as tomorrow, Wednesday, 10 June (our time) - and it's name is the Shanghai "A" shares ...