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ASFA and FTSE launch super GST index

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... standardised measure for Australian super fund after-tax reporting. The new index is an expansion of the FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series which also provides industry-standard benchmarks calculating the effects of franking credits and off-market buybacks ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Trucost. For good measure, the universe of the portfolio is limited to the 1,700 stocks listed on the MSCI World ex-Australia index, and represent the top 40 per cent of each industry for carbon performance. VicSuper has long been a key figurehead in ...

Principal Global Investors wins $160m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... investment fund for all Suncorp retail global share funds. The trust had regularly outperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index but the new mandates, including PGI's, were appointed after Suncorp decided to shake its line up of managers to increase ...

FMs back a winner 50pc of the time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... found similar results with 27 or more than half of active global fund managers underperformed the MSCI World ex Australia index over a one year period. In addition, Rainmaker found just eight out of 14 emerging market equity funds outperformed the MSCI ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Vanguard assigns weighting to this select group to reflect risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index.

Alt energy funds ready for 2030

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
While alternative energy indices have outdone the ASX300 in the past five years, the prospects of the sector just got better on the back of new energy demand forecasts. "If I was putting together a portfolio in the alternative sector, now is a very ...

MFS Global Equity Trust gets Morningstar seal of approval

... outperformed the benchmark and its competitors. It delivered close to 5 per cent outperformance of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index on a five-year annualised basis as at 31 March 2005. This result was mainly driven by the manager's decision not to be ...

Qantas now more likely to be included in MSCI Aust index

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
... $3.36 on volume of 372 million trades. Analysts said Qantas would now have a better chance of entering the MSCI Australia index - an important stock measure used particularly by foreign institutions. \"The sell down by BA is likely to improve the investability ...

PM Capital claims top marks: InTech

... return, Zurich with 12.86% and Colonial First State with 14.53%. The InTech survey showed the unhedged MSCI World ex-Australia Index of international shares has gained 14.14% so far this financial year, compared with the 14.11% median for active fund ...

RBA index of commodity prices down 1.4%

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia index of commodity prices in special drawing rights (SDR) terms fell 1.4% in February, according to preliminary estimates from the central bank. This follows a downwardly revised 2.1% rise in January. The largest contributors ...