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DeAM global thematic fund impresses van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... which sees companies all over the world compete for customers and capital. Not all of these companies are represented in the MSCI World Index," Barbour said. The minimum investment in the fund is $25,000.

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... financial services." Speaking about FTSE's push into Australia, he said the company was not trying to directly overtake S&P and MSCI, but rather look at opportunities such as exchange-traded products, referring specifically to the ASX's upcoming listing ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... fastest-growing high net wealth populations in 2006, the MCSI's BRIC index gained 52.9 per cent over a meagre 15.7 per cent for the MSCI's G7 index.

Mellon scores Asset Super mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... Where the Global Alpha Trust uses cash as its benchmark, the Advance Global Alpha Trust uses a combination of 60 per cent MSCI and 40 per cent JP Morgan. Founded in 1983 by innovators in the investment management field, Mellon Capital has in excess of ...

Global indices are dinosaurs: Schroders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... dinosaurs and could be heading for extinction, according to Schroders' head of sales, Brian Scott. Scott said indices such as the MSCI World (ex-Australia) were inefficient, had a poor alignment of interest, were unsafe and left out thousands of potentially ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... less than alarming, looking at Australia's largest cap stocks, as defined by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. ("MSCI") membership, the average price earnings ratio of the MSCI Australia is 17x - its 3rd highest monthly reading sine September ...

Small cap oversight costs significant alpha

... fund managers consistently focusing on large cap shares. "There are around 1,500 small cap stocks on their benchmark, the MSCI World Index, and each of those small caps deliver an incremental alpha which they are missing out on," she said. Based in the ...

Canadian pension fund returns topping 14 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... annualised gain and outpacing the S&P TSX Composite by 1.3 per cent. Foreign stocks also did their part, pushing the four-year MSCI World Index to 14.2 per cent in Canadian dollar terms. Canadian pension funds also boosted returns by limiting their exposure ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... The Australian Stock Market rallied yesterday with in excess of a 100 stocks reaching year-long highs at a time when the MSCI World Index climbed to a similar high last reached in late February. Takeover activity of Coles, the Rinker Group and Qantas ...

Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... This has persisted so far in 2007, with the Australian market returning 0.6 per cent up to 5 March, while global shares (MSCI All Country World Index, ex Australia) lost 0.8 per cent. Sentiment also remained bearish in the Australian bond market, as ...