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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
HSBC has introduced a new equity product bucking the trend of last year's Asia-heavy baskets. The five-year 100+ Series International Equity Investment gives exposure to the Australian equity index (S&P/ASX 200) in addition to indices in Switzerland ...

Volatile markets spark innovation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
High demand for electronic tools 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 ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A brand new month, a brand new scare. Yes folks, just when we thought that it's gonna be a bright (bright) sun-shiny day, along comes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bearing bad tidings. And if you hadn't had your fill ...

New emerging markets fund earns super mandates

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Neuberger Berman has launched a new emerging markets equity trust aimed at Australian institutional investors and has secured cornerstone investments from Intrust Super and Energy Super. The Australian-domiciled unit trust opens with around $100 million ...

Hunter Hall Asian value fund earns three stars

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Hunter Hall's Asian Value Trust has earned a three star 'NEW' rating from Standard & Poor's, which acknowledged the benchmark unaware qualities of the fund. The Asian Value Trust was launched in February this year with a focus on under researched and ...

Insto investors stand by equity risk models

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
Global institutional investors believe that employing a variety of equity risk models 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 ...

Invesco shifts Asian focus to consumer demand

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Invesco aims to bring the Asian consumer demand story to the doorstep of Australian retail investors with the overhaul of its existing Asian equities strategy. On October 1, Invesco will rename its Wholesale Asian Share Fund as the Wholesale Asian Consumer ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
The storm after the calm. Just when we thought financial markets have shaken off the high anxiety of the past week, teeth gnashing returns. Blood's again been spilled on the trading dance floors of commodity markets and most major equity markets around ...