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State Street adds to ETF stable

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... in FUM. They are the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund, the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 Fund, the SPDR S&P/ASX Listed Property Fund and the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund. "The new ETFs are intended to give investors more choice from within the SPDR range ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Thailand were shaken by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. But did equity markets care? Here's Bloomberg's overnight wrap: "The MSCI gauge of 24 developed nations climbed 0.8 percent at 4 p.m. in New York and is up 5 percent since March 16... Nine stocks gained ...

Pain sans hysteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... Nikkei closed 10.1 per cent lower last week. But international equities' performance as whole bears no sense of panic. The MSCI World Equities Index closed the week of high volatility only 2.6 per cent lighter while you would hardly notice that something ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... are starting to outperform those in the fast-growing BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Bloomberg reports that the MSCI World Index - the benchmark measure for developed equity markets' performance - have risen by 6.1 per cent this year compared ...

iShares increases ETF range

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... to the Australian sharemarket through a single trade on the ASX. The latest offerings in BlackRock's iShares ETF range are MSCI Australia 200, S&P/ASX 20, S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries and S&P/ASX High Dividend. One trade on the ASX via the MSCI Australia ...

Value a plus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... had a rough ride in 2010 but most generally ended with positive performances. International equities, as measured by the MSCI World Index (in local currency terms), produced a 7.8 per cent gain in 2010. A summer lull in the United States and renewed ...

Instos lead charge into ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... charge into the products. iShares launched four new ETFs into the Australian market on Thursday last week - one based on the MSCI Australia 200 Index, another on the S&P/ASX20, a high dividend yield ETF and an ETF based on the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ...

Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... Citi analysts see the US S&P500 finishing 2011 at the 1300 mark, about a 10 per cent upside from current levels, with the MSCI All Countries World Index expected to finish next year about 15 per cent higher at 315. Easy Fed money, sovereign debt problems ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... Through the new appointment, Oliver will spearhead iShares upcoming launch of four new Australian ETFs, namely the iShares MSCI Australia 200, iShares S&P/ASX 20, iShares S&P/ASX High Dividend and the iShares S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries. The launch of the ...

Lazard targets instos with new EM fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... been running since 2008. The product was opened up to overseas investors in October. The fund is benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and will hold 60 to 90 stocks, with managers using a fundamental approach to stock selection and portfolio ...