What next after China A-share MSCI inclusion?
Wealth and asset managers give their views on the implications of the MSCI inclusion of Chinese A-shares and reveal where they find investment opportunities onshore.
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Saudi Arabia closes in on emerging market status as royals reshuffle
Saudi Arabia has taken a big step towards being classified as an emerging market after the MSCI added the Gulf state to its watchlist for potential upgrade on Tuesday, with the Saudi royal family making an unprecedented succession change a day later.
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China A-share inclusion a small first step
Largely within expectations, the MSCI will add Chinese A-shares to its emerging markets indices starting in May next year – a symbolic rather than impactful move in the short run.
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Frontier markets – is it still an asset class?
With a string of countries having been promoted from frontier markets to emerging market status by index provider MSCI in recent years, investors need to ask themselves the question: are frontier markets still a viable asset class? And if they aren’t, is that actually a problem?
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Pakistan returns to MSCI emerging markets index with a bump
With more of a shudder than a surge, Pakistan formally returned to the MSCI emerging markets index on Wednesday after nine years as a frontier market, a day after foreign investors sold up in the biggest net outflow since July 2013.
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ANALYSIS: Why SRI trackers have outperformed
Some sustainable index trackers have outperformed their plain vanilla peers since they were established a few years ago, while others haven’t.
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The peculiarities of China ESG investing
Chinese companies account for only a tiny percentage of ESG-filtered emerging market ETFs, even though China is 26.5% of the MSCI EM Index.
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Equities are at a record high – is this the right time to buy in?
The MSCI World keeps breaking records, powered by a seemingly unstoppable US equity rally. Is it a good idea to up your allocation when markets are at a record high, or should you take a contrarian stance?
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European equities hit record high, thanks to small caps
The overall European equity market hit a record high this week, thanks to the mid and small cap segment of the index.
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Value factor shines as past winners turn into losers
Value stocks were the stellar performers in all equity markets in 2016. The three factors that had shown most outperformance in recent years, however, disappointed investors last year.
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Is large cap focus a problem for ESG trackers?
Passive ESG strategies tend to focus exclusively on large caps. This is a problem because they miss out on ESG opportunities in small cap companies that can only be exploited by active managers, according to Ryan Smith, head of ESG research at Kames Capital. Does he have a point?
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Fund buyers uncertain about macro outlook
European investors are more uncertain about their macroeconomic outlook than ever before. In a year’s time, the share of fund buyers with an uncertain macroeconomic outlook has doubled to 60% according to Expert Investor data.