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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... 10,917.5 (Dow 10,000?). Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index fell by 3.5 per cent -- the biggest decline since March 17. The MSCI World Index (developed equities) recorded its biggest one-day fall in six years and the MSCI Asia Pacific (ex Japan) dropped ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... (ETFs), providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than 150 companies in the BRIC economies and the iShares S&P Asia 50 exposes investors to ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... industry experience shone through at Perennial. Over the two years to 31 July, the fund lost 1.23 per cent, a mere fifth of the MSCI World ex-Australia which lost a higher 6.87 per cent. Competing fund Platinum International fund, for example, lost 5 ...

Winton fund returns 23.5pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... 31 July 2008. The returns places the fund yards ahead of the global equity markets 18.9 per cent average, according to the MSCI World ex-Australia unhedged $A. The Winton Global Alpha Fund is actively managed, investing in both futures and cash. The ...

Aus Ethical World Trust beats benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... launched on August 2 amidst falling global stock markets and, as such, posted -17.3 per cent since inception against the MSCI World Index which posted -18.3 per cent over the same time frame. The World Trust's funds under management have grown to $37.5 ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... Since August last year, the sub-prime crisis triggered meltdowns in major indexes including losses of 24.1 per cent for the MSCI World Index (unhedged) and 38.3 per cent for the S&P/ASX Listed Property Trust Index. Bucking the trend is Select Asset Management's ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... the S&P/ASX Small Ords Accumulation Index and its global equities portfolio returned 5.18 per cent above its benchmark, the MSCI World (ex-Aus) Index net dividends reinvested in AUD. In addition to outperforming the benchmarks in its first year, Karara ...

SAM green funds re-branded to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... mid-cap companies worldwide. Vanguard assigns weighting to this select group to reflect risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index.

T.Rowe Global Equity fund 'highly recommended'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
... invests in roughly 60 to 120 stocks that are highly regarded by the firm's global research team and aims to outperform the MSCI All Country World Index (unhedged). "This underscores T. Rowe Price's position as a leading fund manager in the global equity ...

UBS launches soft com and Asia prod

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... also provides exposure to emerging and developed markets in Asia including China, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan via the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or Asia Index. The primary investments of each unit class provide the fund with 100 per cent capital ...