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Magellan Global returned 48.7% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... after-fee three- and five-year annual returns of 24.5% and 16.1% respectively. This equates to an outperformance of the fund's MSCI World Net Total Return Index AUD benchmark of 6.7% per annum over the past five years. The half-year report also shows ...

"Boring" hedge funds shake gung-ho reputation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... the hedge funds the researcher tracks was 21.34% in Australian dollar terms in the 12 months to 31 October 2013, while the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index was up 38.16%. It's a similar story over three years where the average hedge fund ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... stocks with global operations. International equities have been one of the top performing asset classes of 2013 with the MSCI World ex Australia (Net Dividend) Index rising 45.04% in Australian dollar terms versus 23.26% from the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year - In the 12 months to 31 October, the MSCI Emerging Market (Net Dividend) Index has returned just 16.66% in Australian dollar terms versus 37.72% from the ...

Henderson set for first fund launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... portfolio, the fund has returned 41.3% gross of fees in Australian dollar terms. This compares to 31.2% from the benchmark MSCI All Country World Index. Henderson manages $123 billion (as at 30 September 2013) of assets on behalf of clients in the UK ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... and in the US, the companies in the S&P 500 Index derive 40% of their revenues outside of the US. At a global level, the MSCI All Country World Index is the broadest global equity index comprising 2500 companies. Emerging markets represent only 11% of ...

Demand for listed PM Capital fund exceeds $50 million

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013

PM Capital launches global fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... September 2013, the Fund had achieved a 12-month return after fees of 54.2%; a 20.5% excess return compared to benchmark, the MSCI Global Equity index. The Fund has achieved a 190.7% total return after fees since inception in October 1998 compared to ...

Magellan insists huge growth won't hamper returns

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... is the top-performing fund in its sector with returns of 15.1% over the five years to 31 August 2013. By comparison, the MSCI World ex Australia benchmark has returned 3.37% over the period and the peer group average return is just 3.79%. Cairns recently ...

SMSFs missing out on overseas performance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013