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Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... (relative to US bonds) and depreciating emerging market currencies. The same holds true for emerging equity markets. The MSCI emerging market index has significantly under performed developed equities this year to date -- minus 3.9% versus plus 12.1%. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... the sudden afternoon swoon came as large investors had to rearrange their holdings to match changes in the widely followed MSCI indexes. Others said rapid-fire automated sell programs kicked in as the decline accelerated, exacerbating the loss. The market ...

Morphic global equities fund reaches $25m

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... $25 million since inception in August, 2012. The fund achieved returns of 2.8% in April, 2013, but it underperformed the MSCI All Countries Total Return Net Index in AUD benchmark by 0.52%. Addressed at first to Australian investors, the fund has just ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... unbelievably. I don't think people fully believe what profits can do at 102 yen to the dollar." According to recent figures, the MSCI Japan is up 45.7% in the year to 30 April 2013, however translated to A$, it's only up 22.3%, due to how strong the ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... lately. It returned 1.47% p.a. pre-fees over three years to 30 April 2013 (ranked 125/147 - bottom quartile), far below the MSCI World ex-Australia (net dividend, in AUD) gain of 5.62% over the same period. Neilson said the fund suffered partly due to ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... performance from micro-caps," he said. Another aim of the fund is to avoid large drawdowns. The team aims to keep up with the MSCI All Country Total Return index in rising markets but dramatically outperform it when the market is selling off. "We always ...

Chi-X opens to all Australian listed stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... and efficient service," Fildes said. Fildes started on his role on May 1, 2013, and has had senior capital market roles at MSCI, Morgan Stanley, Instinet and Getco. The latest Chi-X results show that around one in five trades on its platform deliver ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... darkest year of the financial crisis, Hexavest's combined strategies were down just 7.9% compared to a loss of 25.3% from its MSCI World Net Index benchmark. The investment team has been managing money since 1999 and out of 61 down market periods since ...

Zenith rates Macquarie global fund as 'Recommended'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... Macquarie Professional Series received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith. The fund aims to reduce the volatility of the MSCI World index, while meeting or exceeding the return of the index. The fund, which began managing low volatility portfolios in ...

CFSGAM appoints CIO, infra analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... performance since its inception in June 2007 and it has outperformed its benchmark by cumulative 21%. It has also surpassed the MSCI World Index by 28%. Kohen was previously associate director of Access Capital Advisers, a specialist infrastructure management ...