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Asian private equity grows rapidly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Reflecting the sector's regional optimism, a new Preqin Asian Private Equity Benchmark survey has found it outperformed the MSCI Pacific and MSCI EMF indices over the one, three- and five-year periods. The only caveat is these private equity returns ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... invest responsibly," said Azhar Abidi, director of sustainability and responsible investment at IFM. IFM has said it is using MSCI ESG Research's quantitative dataset to support the integration of ESG into the investment process.

Five Oceans wins global equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... Skandia Global Equity Fund will be managed in a similar manner to the Five Oceans World Fund, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by over 5% annualised after fees, since inception in 2006, as well as in each calendar year," said Youngman. Five ...

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Local Government Super has signed with MSCI Inc to introduce ESG risk and impact tools to its portfolios. The $6bn super fund currently invests around $3.3bn in responsible investment strategies and will use MSCI's environmental, social, and governance ...

Surging institutional interest in frontier markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
A new global equity model from MSCI-owned Barra is factoring in frontier markets, as institutional interest again returns to the subset of emerging markets. While interest in the markets dissipated during the global financial crisis in a flight from ...

HSBC launches new retail equity product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Investment gives exposure to the Australian equity index (S&P/ASX 200) in addition to indices in Switzerland (SMI), Singapore (MSCI Singapore Free) and Taiwan (TAIEX). "The four indices to underline the product are rated overweight by HSBC equity market ...

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... allowing portfolio construction and optimisation based on targeted risk are a result of current market volatility, according to MSCI, makers of the Barra Portfolio Manager (BPM) system. "The broader trend in light of the financial crisis is an increasing ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... remaining unchanged in 2010, growth picked up by 2.9%. And what did equity markets do with these grim forecasts back then? The MSCI World Index soared by 22.8% in 2009 and added another 7.8% the following year. Again, go figure.

New emerging markets fund earns super mandates

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... wider universes of smaller cap stock than many other fund managers," said O'Halloran. The trust is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. "They can choose to invest in over 1000 companies in the emerging markets with a market cap between ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... ethical, social and governance (ESG) issues as its style. The Asian Value Trust is benchmarked against an 80%/20% blend of the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Total Return Index and the MSCI Japan Total Return Index. At the end of March 2011, the portfolio was ...