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AMP names new chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... Country Global Shares Index Fund, the NZ Shares Index Fund and the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. "The new ...

AMP Capital launches NZ index products

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... Country Global Shares Index Fund, the NZ Shares Index Fund and the Hedged Global Fixed Interest Index Fund. They track the MSCI ACWI ex-Tobacco Index, the S&P/NZX 50 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index respectively. AMP Capital ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... pointed to the 44-year track record of Capital Group's New Perspective (NPF) global strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI ACWI by 3.5% per annum since inception - despite now having about US$71 billion in assets. "NPF's US$71 billion sounds massive ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... markets," Harwood said. The new fund commits to reducing the exposure to carbon footprint and fossil fuels by 50% of its MSCI ACWI benchmark, with the portfolio's weighting tilted toward companies with positive ESG characteristics and involved in developing ...

MSCI adds China to indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, estimated to have a 0.73% weighting. China A shares will also have a presence on the MSCI ACWI Index, and MSCI said it will begin calculating a number of global and regional provisional indexes designed to help manage ...

ESG risk tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... aims to deliver a large set of standardised ESG data and flagged metrics comparable across a range of companies in the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index (IMI). The tool can map geographic exposure to fragile ecosystems; chemical safety regulations; climate ...

Antipodes LIC launches on ASX

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... July 2015, the LIC, which is based on the Antipodes Global Fund strategy, has delivered a 13.6% net return, beating the MSCI ACWI by 11.6%. In his speech at the launch ceremony, Antipodes Partners director Chris Cuffe noted it was the third-largest LIC ...

Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... investors just wanted to capture the majority of global equities at market cap weights, they could simply track the MSCI ACWI IMI index; instead they tend to be more specific. "Therefore, it would be safe to assume that a lot of passive allocations in ...

Templeton director returns to the fold

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... year," with the fund reporting an 11% decline in portfolio value in the year to June 30, compared to a 0.6% fall in the MSCI ACWI. The report said that while TGG was "acutely aware of recent returns," the investment team was "convinced that significant ...

BNP partner wins $240m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... in Australia and launched in 2013, aims to achieve term long-term capital growth and generate excess returns over the MSCI ACWI (AUD) NR index.