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Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... is a key component of portfolio construction, retaining faith in them to help during a financial crisis, according to an MSCI survey. More than 600 portfolio managers and other institutional investors responded to the survey with 58% indicating that ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... where Korea is, for example, or Indonesia or India," said Yesberg. Invesco will move the Asian consumer demand fund to the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan index from the MSCI All Countries Far East ex Japan Index that it was formerly benchmarked against ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... 25% fall in developed world stock markets by the end of 2010. It was 29 January 2010 when it made the call. Guess what? The MSCI World Index finished the year 12% higher with the S&P 500 closing 17.1% up. But in fairness to MS, markets were not left ...

Fund managers beat the index but only just

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... Mercer found the median fund return in the overseas share survey was -5.3% in the three months to the end of July, while the MSCI World ex-Australia Index was -5.6% in the same period. Over 1 year, the median return of -1.4% beat the -2.4% index by 1% ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... hefty increase in trading volumes with BlackRock iShares saying it experienced more than 400% increase in trades for its MSCI Australia 200 and S&P/ASX High Dividend products compared with their 20-day averages. The iShares MSCI Australia 200 rose from ...

Trading volatility can protect portfolio from big swings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... in 2008?" "Gold went up and the volatility index went up." Emerging markets gave no portfolio safety during the GFC, with MSCI Emerging Markets down 62% from October 2007 to February 2009. But over the same time period VIX short term futures on the S&P ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... for fuzz not the other four-letter word, I'm not allowed to write that.) Because of the debt negotiations "stalemate", the MSCI World Index fell by 0.6% last night. Due to the "deadlock", the MSCI Emerging Markets Index retreated by 0.4%. The "impasse" ...

Certitude partners with Threadneedle on global fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
Certitude Global Investments will distribute international asset manager, Threadneedle Investments, Global Equity Fund, targeting the high net wealth market and retail markets. The exclusive partnership formed after Certitude completed a 12 month review ...

LG Super awards $150m global equity mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... manager said its global equity strategies have over five year track records, with the Five Oceans World Fund outperforming the MSCI World index by over 6% annualised since inception after fees.

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Fund managers will not need to rebalance their investment weightings as global index provider MSCI today announced it would not upgrade South Korea and Taiwan from emerging market to developed market status. The move has been under discussion for years ...