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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.

AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... has achieved an annualised 18.4% return since inception in August 2014. This represents a 4.69% outperformance of the MSCI ACWI benchmark.

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... weighting schemes. Since launching in August 2014, AXA IM's fully ESG integrated Fund is now around 5% ahead of its MSCI ACWI benchmark. AXA IM director for Australia and New Zealand Craig Hurt said RIAA's certification reinforced AXA IM's long-standing ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Global index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... products for retirement (CIPRs). Both simulated and actual results of this approach, which Parametric manages over both MSCI ACWI and S&P 500 equity portfolios, are available options for super funds building a CIPR.

Ranger brings global equity strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... the Myer Family Company coming on board as a seed investor. Over the past 12 years, the strategy has outperformed the MSCI ACWI benchmark while maintaining an average portfolio yield substantially above global equity markets. The fund is headed up by ...

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... World Index is the broadest global equity index comprising 2500 companies. Emerging markets represent only 11% of the MSCI ACWI by market capitalisation, but 34% by economic exposure, or more than a third of all global demand. At the same time the US ...