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Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... emerging markets," Melendez said. According to Bloomberg emerging market stocks fell to a 3-month low this month with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index lost 3.8% this year, compared with a 7% gain in the MSCI world index of developed-country stocks. Melendez ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... its 2007 all-time high, the S&P 500 is nearing its own and developed equity markets in general remain in the black with the MSCI World Index posting an 8.8% gain this year to date, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fallen by 1.9% over the same period. ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... management and outcomes-driven investment objectives, which was demonstrated by their portfolio management tool that uses MSCI ESG data to enhance proprietary fundamental analysis of issuer credit risk. Professor Deborah Ralston, executive director of ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... they did the Fed last week. The volatility of the past few days may have trimmed some of the equity markets' gains but the MSCI World Index remains up by 5.2% this year, outperforming those of the BRICs whose share markets, except for China's (up 1.9%) ...

Certitude wins three new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... to achieve consistent absolute returns with a low probability of loss over its investment horizon while outperforming the MSCI World index. The Asian Opportunities fund is a long-only fund invested in equities, as well as a mix of bonds and cash used ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... benchmarks. The International Leaders portfolio has returned 19.09% in the 12 months to 31 December compared to 15.57% from its MSCI AC World ex-US IMI benchmark. The Emerging Markets Leaders portfolio has returned 20.01% over the same period, compared ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam, thought to be the world's next ...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... period, this is the slowest among the BRICs. Yet, India's Sensex 30 index has rallied by 25.7% last year - nearly double the MSCI Emerging Markets Index's gain of 13.9% -- and has risen another 2.6% so far in the new year despite the IMF's recent downgrade ...

RIAA appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... years in roles including director and senior economist for Economists at Large, senior investment analyst at Innovest (now MSCI), and most recently as leading economic advisor for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). "We are thrilled that Simon ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... its launch in 2007, the Global Listed Infrastructure fund has outperformed its benchmark by 19 percent and surpassed the MSCI World Index by 28 percent. Head of Global Listed Infrastructure, Peter Meany said markets have been impacted by periods of volatility ...