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Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... worries that's plagued markets and economies throughout the year - a fact underscored by the smaller 8.3% increase in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the same period and the 10.2% rise in the MSCI World Index. President Benigno Aquino III's policies ...

Certitude to access Threadneedle global income fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... assets." According to Certitude, the Threadneedle Global Equity Income fund has consistently outperformed its benchmark, - the MSCI AC World Index - in each year since its inception in June 2007 and achieved an historic yield for the 12 months to 30 ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... quality growth stocks at attractive valuations." The fund aims to provide a return before fees, costs and taxes that exceed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Net Dividends) in AUD over the long term. Before working at JOCHM, James Syme and Paul Wimborne ...

netwealth adopts Morphic Global Opps Fund

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... for investment on August 2, 2012 and in its first two months returned 7.24% after fees, outperforming its benchmark, the MSCI All Countries Total Return Index, by 0.33% in Australian dollars. Among stocks in the portfolio currently are US Home Builders ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... efficiency," said Zenith in the update note. Meanwhile the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 Fund, SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund and the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Yield Dividend Fund have had their 'recommended' rating confirmed. Zenith says it continues ...

CFSGAM bullish on listed infrastructure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... has since its inception in 2007, outperformed its benchmark by 20% over the five years to 30 June 2012, and surpassed the MSCI World Index by 31% over the same period. Peter Meany, head of global listed infrastructure at CFSGAM said that with interest ...

Chris Ryan Joins MSCI

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Chris Ryan has joined the firm as Head of Asia Pacific. In this newly created role, Ryan will work closely with all of MSCI's business units, functional ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Russia (up 2.7%) and China (up 2.4% from 5 September to 28 September - it's on holidays this week) have all underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. But not India. Its stock market has outperformed since the first of the major central banks' QE ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the largest international index provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman ...

Vanguard to publish portfolio holdings

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... investors and ensure they have the information they need to make well informed investment decisions". Of the 22 nations on the MSCI World Index surveyed in a 2011 Morningstar Global Investors Report, Australia and New Zealand were the only two countries ...