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Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... Fund. The Falkiner Global Absolute Returns Fund's unit price increased by 20.6 per cent in April this year, compared to the MSCI World Index which climbed just two per cent over the same period.

T.Rowe Price grows FUM ten-fold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... party distribution, T. Rowe Price. The Global Equity Fund reported a 6.07 per cent return net of fees, easily beating the MSCI All Country World Index benchmark of 0.7 per cent last year. But the 2008 figures to date are more subdued due to global market ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... to $942.1 million. The group blamed market volatility for the quarter numbers. Over the same period, the S&P/ASX 300 and MSCI World, excluding Australia, were down 14.6 per cent and 12.4 per cent respectively. Last year's figures were also propped up ...

Vanguard wins $337m ASB mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... underlying fund manager was Hendersons in the UK. "We've been working with AMP for quite some time but we wanted a fuller MSCI exposure and they still haven't achieved that," said ASB head of investments, Ainsley McLaren. "We wanted to move more quickly. ...

Magellan Global mirrors Berkshire strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... legal and operational staff [which] has been in place [since] MFG's inception," said Moncrieff. The fund outperformed the MSCI World Net TR Index by 6.5 per cent posting -2.9 per cent for the six-month period ending in January. However, since the fund ...

GVI shifts retail weight to insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Saddington. Asked why super funds should look at their products, Saddington highlights the fund's outperformance against the MSCI World Index in February by more than 200 basis points and that it has generated an 11.9 per cent return since inception. ...

Ventura breaks benchmark shackles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Mulligan, Ventura managing director. Based on historical modeling the Global Opportunities Fund (Gross) outperformed the MSCI World Net Dividends Reinvested Accumulation Index by 14 basis points in January this year. The High Growth 100 underlying managers ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... top 100 transnational companies - available through one trade in iShares S&P Global 100 have fared better than the global MSCI benchmark, which is the model for many unlisted funds. So flexible management of an international portfolio using iShares can ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... capitalise on this sector's growth. Launched in November last year, CAAM's global emerging markets funds aims to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over a minimum five-year investment horizon. The fund's investments are based on geographic allocation ...

High conviction champions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... things we are very comfortable with today's markets," Young said. The Aberdeen Asian Opportunities Fund outperformed the MSCI AC Asia Free ex Japan Index by 3.75 per cent in November 2007.