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Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... Shanghai and Shenzen Chinese stock exchanges, has doubled from 2% to 4%. In mid-2018 China A-Shares were included in the MSCI Emerging Markets and All Country World indices, a move that was well-received by global investors seeking improved access to ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... (5%). It aims to perform in line with the benchmarks' returns (before tax) which are: the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index, MSCI World ex-Australia ex-Tobacco Net Dividends Reinvested Index, Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Years Index, Citigroup Global ...

Female board representation increases in Australia: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Latest MSCI research shows more women joined Australian company boards in 2018. The proportion of women holding seats in Australia's boardrooms grew 2.8 percentage points last year. The proportion of female seats in Australian boardrooms now sits at ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Shares Australian Ethical Diversified Shares Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund Responsible Investment Leaders Bal UBS IQ MSCI USA Ethical ETF FIXED INCOME - AGGREGATE BONDS iShares Global Bond Index Fund Perpetual Diversified Income Fund PIMCO ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... year end or pay significant penalties. By 2021, companies with six or more directors must have a minimum of three females. MSCI executive director and head of ESG Impact and screening research Meggin Thwing Eastman says the move is significant for global ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... moving those employees deemed essential and are hiring locally given the expense of relocation." Under a no-deal scenario, MSCI executive director of risk management solutions research Thomas Verbraken estimates UK and European stocks could fall by about ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... currency, commodity and bond markets. The S&P 500 index is down 6.2% this year to date, dragging all others with it - the MSCI developed equity index is down 9% and the emerging market measure has fallen by 13.3% over the same period. The US dollar index ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... remainder in fixed income. S&P Dow Jones, also a major player in equity indices, has about US$13.7 trillion benchmarked. MSCI, which purely operates in equity indexing, has about US$13.9 trillion benchmarked. Conversely, Bloomberg benchmarks US$14.4 ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... Commencing 1 April 2019, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, will for the first time, include Chinese bonds. With the MSCI recently opening up to Chinese equities, the same phenomena is now occurring on the bond side, says QIC managing director ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... classes. Since March 26 inception, class A (base fee option of 1.5%) has returned 11.2% which is 0.2% above the benchmark MSCI AC World Accum Index (AUD). Class B (performance fee option, 1.10% plus 15% of excess returns over benchmark with a high watermark) ...