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New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... of rules to distil to the universe we are after," he said. "Constituents are drawn from the S&P Global BMI (Broad Market Index) and S&P Frontier BMI country indices for the relevant countries and must meet minimum market capitalisation, float-adjustment ...

Fund managers follow the herd

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... for two Vanguard ETFs. The first is the Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF which tracks the MSCI US Broad Market Index and holds the majority of the 3494 benchmark stocks at or very close to market weight. The second is the Vanguard All-World ...

AE large cap lagging index: Morningstar

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... first time in more than a decade that the average fund manager, irrespective of style, under-performed the broad market index. Trendless market turbulence meant stock selection was critical, said Morningstar in the report, resulting in quantitatively-based ...

Managed fund for charity pays dividends

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... scales up from here." The fund returned 14 per cent for the year to June, beating the Morningstar Multi-Sector Growth Market Index by more than 3 per cent. However, the fund has lost more than 6 per cent for the six months to June, underperforming the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
The Australian stock market is likely to open weaker on Friday after a fall on Wall Street overnight. Miners and energy stocks may gain after the price of metals and oil gained overnight. At 0806 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
The broad Australian share market index at noon on Monday had pushed upwards through the 5,000-point barrier for the first time since the global financial crisis. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.4 points, or 0.68 per cent, at ...

Boutique small cap backer fills bank funding gap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... Securities. The firm is still identifying a number of opportunities within the small cap market despite the small cap market index rebounding over 63 per cent in a year to February. "We're seeing some value but some small companies are starting to be ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... count their losses. The optimism and increased risk appetite for equities in 2009 may have taken the Japanese stock market index up 49.5 per cent from the cycle low of 7,074.98 points it plumbed on 10 March 2009, but this is small consolation given that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... unfolded. WELLINGTON - A tumultuous year for the New Zealand share market seems to be ending on a quiet note with the market index trading in a narrow range for a third consecutive day. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed up 4.484 points on Thursday ...

Super funds eye catastrophic investing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Credit Suisse Investments hopes to fill the local investment gap for alternative asset classes that are genuinely uncorrelated to domestic equities - a move that ends in "catastrophe". Filo Sedillo, the local managing director in alternative investments ...