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How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... effects on the markets. However, COVID-19 may mark the end of an extended bull run since 2009," McKinsey said. The MSCI World Index has dropped approximately 30% from peak value in less than a month. For comparison, the tech wreck of 2001 saw a 44% drop ...

COVID-19 damage to stretch several quarters: Natixis IM

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... the belief that infection rates are slowing, Natixis chief market strategist Dave Lafferty said. "Global equities (MSCI World) are up 23% off the bottom as investors put their faith in unprecedented stimulus and the belief that the infection curve is ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... faster than their cyclical peers and some fear that while the fiscal stimulus is large, it's too late." Although the MSCI World Index has recovered 41% of its bear market decline, Sherwood said Australia's market was still struggling to recover. ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... COVID-19 outbreak led to significant losses in equity markets during February, with the S&P 500 Index down 8.2% and the MSCI World Index Ex USA down 8.9%. Cerulli said this trend will likely continue, with the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... 11.9% during the COVID-19 sell-off. That's compared to the blows suffered by the Aussie benchmark (-36.5%), the MSCI World benchmark (-33.3%), the S&P 500 (-33.4%), and the Dow (-35.9%). These dramatic falls, accompanied by nausea-inducing swings ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... benchmark fell by 15%. This isn't too bad when compared to the blows suffered by the Aussie benchmark (-25.26%), the MSCI World benchmark (-22.42%) and the MSCI US benchmark (-22.59%). Surprisingly, the best performers over the period have been strategies ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... to 2015, 69% have survived," Morningstar said. "Of those that have survived, just 41% and 26% have outperformed the MSCI World Index over the trailing five and 10 years, respectively. "Taken together, these figures paint a bleak picture for investors. ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Pengana International Fund - Ethical Opp Responsible Investment Leaders Int Share UBS IQ MSCI USA Ethical ETF UBS IQ MSCI World Ethical ETF INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES - ACTIVE CORE Arrowstreet Global Equity Fund Bell Global Equities Fund Fidelity Global ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... June end, it added TC Energy and APA Group to its holdings. UniSuper said its exposure to fossil fuel was on par with MSCI World and lower than ASX 200 (which has 23%), and that it varies based on market movements and investment decisions. "Illustrating ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... 8.65% to benchmark's 9.47%. The benchmark is blended index 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 75% MSCI World Index. It's shares component has a lower standard deviation (volatility) than the MSCI World Index but a lower sharpe ...