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Global X launches global SMID ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... Mid-Cap ETF (ASX: ISMD), offering Australian investors low-cost exposure to small- and mid-cap companies across developed markets outside Australia. The new exchange-traded fund tracks the MSCI World ex Australia SMID Cap Select Index, providing exposure ...

VanEck switches to AI-powered index

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... uses AI to select international stocks. On the day, GOAT will change from tracking the existing Morningstar Developed Markets ex-Australia Wide Moat Focus Select Index to the Akros Enhanced World ex Australia Index. The index was developed by VanEck ...

Mercer cuts mandates for Global Listed Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... to global listed property securities utilising an active, multi-manager approach. It invests predominantly in developed markets but may also have an allocation to property securities in emerging markets. Based in Iowa, US, Principal AM has US$577.9 billion ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... with the role the government plays," he said. More importantly, Treves said, it would be amiss to believe that developed markets are immune to governance issues and shortcomings. "I've been doing this job for 30 years, and many of the biggest corporate ...

FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... Shaw explains, looking back around a decade ago, aged care infrastructure was largely a policy discussion in developed markets. Discussions were around how to fund it, where to build it and who would operate it. Today, she says, the conversation is more ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... says. "Frontier markets are not as scary as people think they are. Some of the things that we are used to in developed markets are slowly being introduced in frontier markets. So, there's a long growth runway, because they're catching on to smartphones ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... and Asia-Pacific equities Alexander Treves said there are even more compelling reasons to invest outside of developed markets. "The USD has historically been a safe haven from risk. People are reassessing some of that to some extent, because, already ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... servicing becoming materially more expensive as older debt is refinanced at higher rates," he said. "That leaves developed markets looking increasingly vulnerable to a prolonged period of weaker growth, persistent inflation and rising funding pressure." ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... monetary policy outlooks in Australia and the US," Haban-Beer Stats said. She added this selective approach to developed markets equity allocation can also be seen with BlackRock's European ETF being the third biggest gainer this year. "There's ...

Warakirri bolsters distribution squad

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... experiencing sustained inflows over the past 12 months as investors sought differentiated sources of return outside developed markets. Meanwhile, the ClariVest Global Small Companies Fund, launched in August last year and exclusively distributed by Warakirri ...
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