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Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025

... companies listed on developed market exchanges. The strategy, which has US$300 million invested assets, aims to outperform the MSCI World Small Cap Net Index. Since its inception in June 2022, the Australian unit trust version of the fund has returned ...

MSCI, Moody's launch private credit risk tool

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025

MSCI and Moody's Corporation have partnered to launch an offering that assesses risks for private credit investments. The solution integrates MSCI private capital data with Moody's EDF-X credit risk modelling tool. MSCI said the new solution ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025

... allocation, given the fund is actively managed and competitively priced at a management cost of 0.47% which is lower than existing MSCI EM Index replication strategies." Colonial First State has been selected to serve as responsible entity. As at 31 ...

GSFM, Munro branch out to New Zealand

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 14 APR 2025

... clean energy and transport, the circular economy and energy efficiency. It also aims to achieve a return greater than the MSCI All Country World (Net) Index in $NZ (Net) over a five- to seven-year period. Having launched in 2021, the Munro Climate Change ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

... same, it's been a volatile start - the index is down 13.5% year-to-date. That, combined with the US accounting for 67% of the MSCI All Country Index (ACWI) and 70% of the MSCI World Index, has made him more cautious on the outlook. "We went into this ...

GQG rejigs allocations amid tariff pain

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

... investments. The GQG Global Equity fund, for example, ended March with a 7.3% allocation in tech stocks compared to its benchmark MSCI ACWI's 23.4%. Consumer discretionary stocks were left a 1% allocation as opposed to the benchmark's 10.6%. The fund ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 7 APR 2025

... structure meets these needs perfectly," Buchanan said. The fund returned 22.9% over the past year, surpassing its benchmark, MSCI ACWI (AUD), by 10.7%. Since inception in November 2017, it has delivered an annual return of 17.4%, compared to 11.8% for ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025

... to the latest academic research and financial markets insights. Before joining JP Morgan, he worked for seven years with MSCI/Barra where he provided risk analysis, training and technical support to clients on equity and fixed-income portfolio construction ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

... programme, with an initial allocation of $60 million. The Osmosis Core Equity Fund targets a better risk-adjusted return than the MSCI World benchmark by identifying companies that are more resource efficient than their same sector peers, and therefore ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025

... companies in India or generate most revenues in India and can be listed on other global exchanges. It aims to outperform the MSCI India Index (Net) measured in AUD over rolling five-year periods. India Avenue co-founder and managing director Mugunthan ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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