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Federated Hermes launches ESG-led global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... includes mandates linked to several of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Benchmarking against MSCI World ex Australia Index, the strategy will typically hold between 250 and 500 stocks selected through a systematic and data driven investment ...

Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... emerging markets from around the world other than in Australia. The fund aims to outperform the MSCI World ex Australia Index net of returns, after fees and expenses but before taxes over the medium to longer term. FRGG portfolio manager Francyne Mu ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital growth and income in line with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index, subject to delivering climate and ESG objectives," SSGA said. "This is our most innovative fund yet from a material ESG ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital growth and income in line with the MSCI World ex-Australia Index, subject to delivering climate and ESG objectives." "Australians don't need reminding of the risks of climate change," said ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... volatility than a capitalised weighted benchmark." For the full year 2018, the Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI ex-Australia index by 4.90% gross of fees, AXA IM said.

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... reserves intensity by half, and targets a 20% improvement in the overall ESG profile, compared with the MSCI World ex Australia index. "We worked with MSC to create this index because clients wanted something that went further down the ESG road, so yes ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... companies and seeks an investment return that modestly exceeds, before expenses, the performance of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index over the long term. "The impetus in Australia has certainly come from what we've seen in our institutional client base," ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Morningstar balanced fund index as a benchmark for its performance. The indices are based on the Thomson Reuters Australia Index, a market capitalization weighted stock of approximately 300 companies listed on the ASX, according to Future Super. Companies ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... has AU$70 million in assets under management and has posted a return of 5% of its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex- Australia Index (AUD). The AXA IM ESG SmartBeta strategy combines AXA Rosenberg's SmartBeta quantitative strategy, which improves sharpe ratios ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... using a quantitative risk management framework," McIntosh said. "The portfolio relative to the broader MSCI ex-Australia index will be underweight tobacco and other companies. There are elements of the index coming out, and that can produce unbalanced ...
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