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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... quarter 2016 were as follows: the S&P/ASX 200 increased 3.9%; the price of foreign shares, as represented by the MSCI World Index excluding Australia, increased 4.3%; and the A$ appreciated 2.7% against the US$." Compared with the previous year, total ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... Watershed International ETF SMA delivered 6.86% p.a. gross return for its investors, outpacing its benchmark the MSCI World Index (AUD) which lost 2.48%, giving outperformance of 9.34%. In its July monthly report, the group's international separately ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... Markets Index are now only at 13%, down from 38% at the peak of the commodity boom and almost on par with the MSCI World Index," McClone said. He said it is true the correlation between commodity prices and emerging market equity prices significantly ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four years, it's still some way ahead of underlying markets; the MSCI World Index ended the year down 0.48%. Total hedge fund assets under management grew US$110 billion in 2015, with more than half of ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... inflation, average hourly earnings, consumer confidence - and the financial markets - US dollar, S&P 500 index, MSCI world index - and concluded that, "In truth, little is known about exactly how monetary policy works; attempts to pin down its effects ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

Sunsuper awards large multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... Trust, in Australia. It is based on the firm's Systematic Global Equity strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.55% per annum over five years.

PM Capital wins Zenith award

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... "This approach has enabled us to provide our investors with a total excess return after fees of 259% above the MSCI World index since inception in 1998." Pittard added, "Being a value investor, or contrarian investor as it is often called, we make investments ...

Neuberger Berman launches global equities fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... and emerging markets. It is based on the firm's Systematic Global Equity strategy, which has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 3.55% per annum over 5 years. The Australian vehicle is benchmarked to the MSCI All Country World Index, excluding tobacco ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... monthly loss this year in June, when returns fell 1.19% globally. However, hedge funds still outperformed the MSCI World Index, which fell 2.88% during the same period. Asia ex-Japan hedge funds took the biggest hit and suffered their worst month of ...