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Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... rolled out in the hope that they can normalise global economies. In the same month, the S&P/ASX200 returned 10.2% and the MSCI All Countries Index registered 7.5%. The S&P500 returned 17.5%. In the global equities sector, Loftus Peak Global disruption ...

FactSet nabs MSCI executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
FactSet has appointed a new regional sales director for Australia and New Zealand hiring a long-time executive from MSCI. Natalia Stansall has stepped into the role, after serving 16 years at MSCI as executive director of client coverage. A spokesperson ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... after the underlying manager decided to close. The Ironbark Copper Rock Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund aimed to beat the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (in AUD) net of fees on rolling five-year basis. Ironbark, which acts as the responsible ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... empirical analysis shows it's not this simple," Wei said. "When we plot the relationship between quality and value for all MSCI World stocks, we see that it is possible to have value stocks with earnings certainty and low leverage, and vice versa, for ...

MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a tool that assesses companies' compatibility with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool examines a company's operations, products, services, policies and practices, and determines its ...

Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... in 2019, returning 2.5%, 2.21% and 10.04% compared to the S&P 500's 7.19%, 9.74% and 31.49%. They also underperformed the MSCI World Index, which returned 6.72% in August, 5.73% year to date, and 28.4% in 2019.

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with more than $1 billion in funds under management has hired from MSCI ESG Research and Vanguard to expand its investment team. U Ethical has added Desiree Lucchese as ethics and impact manager and Rachel O'Connor as portfolio ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... proliferated over the past three years. Globally, the total number of sustainable index funds has risen by half to 3432. Meanwhile, MSCI remains the leader in the sustainable indexing space. About two thirds of all global assets invested in passive sustainable ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... reported a pre-tax investment return of 26.1% for the year ending June 30, significantly outperforming its global benchmark (MSCI World Net TR), which increased 4.8% over the financial year. Since its inception in November 2018, HM1 has generated a pre-tax ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... indicated share price resilience during the COVID-19 crisis. Among firms that have made the claim are Morningstar, BlackRock and MSCI. The researchers found, once the firm's industry affiliation and risk measures (accounting and market based) have been ...