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ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... which was later published online. The Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund tracked the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float Adjusted Index. Vanguard claimed the index excluded only companies with significant business ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... TelstraSuper's holding in Elbit is less than 0.001% of total AUM - which is held in a passive equity strategy that replicates the MSCI World Index. Similarly, AustralianSuper has less than $150,000 sitting Elbit in a passive index investment. "To ...

Fidelity launches global long-short fund to Aussie market

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... hold 45 to 55 long and 25 to 35 short positions. Further, the actively managed global equities fund aims to outperform the MSCI All Country World Index NR (ACWI), after fees, over seven years. Fidelity managing director Lawrence Hanson explained that ...

Wheelhouse repositions global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... about $100 million in assets under management, is now known as the Wheelhouse Global Fund. Its benchmark has changed from the MSCI World ex Australia Index to the RBA cash rate +2.5%. Its internal return target of over 8% per annum over a rolling 5-year ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... corporations at different stages of economic and political development, targeting a total return before fees of 2.75% above the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over five years. US-based co-portfolio managers Daniel Graña and Matthew Culley will lead the ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float Adjusted Index and "Vanguard claimed the index excluded issuers with significant business ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float Adjusted Index and "Vanguard claimed the index excluded issuers with significant business ...

Commercial property deals stuck at 2011 levels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... Sales of local commercial property assets have dropped to the lowest levels since 2011 for the second straight quarter, says MSCI. Latest data from MSCI shows transaction volumes in Q2 were down 61% year on year, coming in at $7 billion. This was down ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... (Fund) were screened against certain ESG criteria." ASIC said investments in the fund were based on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float Adjusted Index and "Vanguard claimed the index excluded issuers with significant business ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... size of the returns, but also the size in the benchmark." This has magnified to the point where it's also impacting the MSCI World 1500 stock benchmark, where seven stocks are accounting for 50% of the return. This becomes difficult when you want ...
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