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Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... stocks also trailed significantly. "Active manager returns followed these trends, with growth managers outperforming the MSCI World index by more than 10% in Q2 - extending their outperformance to more than 20% for the year to date," bfinance said. "Quality ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... ADRs (a trust structure than allow foreign investors to hold mainland shares indirectly). The fund's goal is to beat the MSCI China A index by 3-5% p.a. on a rolling three-year basis. The underlying fund, which launched in July, is a Luxembourg domiciled ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... by Jim Madden, Matthew Patsky and Patrick Wollenberg. It has a strong performance track record. It has beat the benchmark, MSCI ACWI on 10 (fund 9.20% p.a. vs index 9.16%), five year (by 2.1% p.a.), three year (by 2.43% p.a.) and year to date basis (by ...

Hearts and Minds but no ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... ASX in November 2018 the fund has returned 51.3%. Over the past six months alone it has returned 15.9%. In comparison, the MSCI World Net Total Return Index has returned 18.2% and -3.8% over the same periods. Hearts and Minds also provides significant ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... generation, with the market turmoil of 2020 showcasing the country's diversification characteristics. In the first quarter, the MSCI Emerging Markets index lost 23.6%, while the MSCI China A index lost just 9.72% and the MSCI China index (largely ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... recent findings from research houses and firms who have compared ESG funds with that of their ordinary market counterparts. MSCI conducted a comparison of its ESG indexes compared to its parent indexes for the first quarter of 2020 finding that the ESG ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
New research from MSCI aims to explore the correlation between environmental, social and governance factors and performance by breaking down a company's ESG score by the letter. MSCI core equity research executive director Guido Giese said MSCI had ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... were driven by the ASX, which returned 4.4% in May, as well as the positive performance of international shares, with the MSCI All Countries AUD index returning 3.5%. AREITs have also played their part, chipping in a 7% return. "These results mean that ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... attractive buying opportunities." However, May 11 saw the removal of six UBS ETFs from the ASX. These included the UBS IQ MSCI Asia APEX 50 Ethical ETF, UBS IQ MSCI Australia Ethical ETF, UBS IQ Cash ETF and the UBS IQ Morningstar Australia Quality ETF. ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
ESG performance has been positive across global markets since the outbreak of COVID-19, according to MSCI. Although the current conditions have only existed for a few months, MSCI said it observed a positive performance contribution from ESG across ...