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Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... in Australia, and found that, globally, respondents forecast a loss of 7% for the S&P 500 and a loss of 7.3% for the MSCI World Index at year end. Their 2020 return expectations more closely resemble the modest declines seen in 2018 than in 2008, when ...

Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... pulls out. The AXA IM Global Dynamic Equity Plus fund invested in global equities and was 3.06% under its benchmark MSCI World Index ($A, unhedged) after fees for the year ending April. The fund, which started in October 2018, returned 0.68% per year ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... controversial weapons. In 2018, State Street changed the fund to 50% lower carbon emissions and reserves compared to MSCI World-ex Australia and targeted 20% improvement in overall ESG profile. The fund was then called the State Street Low Carbon ESG ...

Currency-hedged ETFs gather pace

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... currency-hedged ETFs took four spots, totaling $427 million, across iShares S&P 500 AUD Hedged ETF (IHVV), VanEck Vectors MSCI World Ex-Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF (QHAL), BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Currency Hedged (Hedge Fund) (BBUS) and ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... benefited from its healthcare stock picks and April's recovery in stocks, as S&P 500 Index returned rose 12.7% and MSCI World rose 10.8%. Contributors to the fund's performance included regenerative medicine company Mesoblast which rose 143% in April ...

Markets slump as US jobless claims hit 30m

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... investment strategy Matt Sherwood said the poor data had resulted in heavy losses around the world overnight. "The MSCI World Index declined by -0.9% overnight with losses in all Northern Hemisphere markets and all sectors," he said. "Among the latter ...

AMP Capital shutters global equities fund for platform investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... to information technology and healthcare stocks. Recent performance for the platform class has been better than the MSCI World Index (Net Dividends Reinvested) in Australian dollar terms.

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 ...

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HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN
HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options.

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN
The number of high-net-worth (HNW), core affluent, and mass affluent investors holding ethical and sustainable investments has roughly doubled over the past year, according CoreData.

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI
VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200.

Vanguard fined US$106m for investors' massive tax bill

KARREN VERGARA
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Vanguard US$106.4 million for "materially misleading" investors in the Investor Target Retirement Funds (Investor TRFs) about their future tax liabilities.

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