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Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... brain wouldn't go anywhere near. That creates a serious drag on portfolios," he said. On whichever side of the active/passive debate investors fall, Parametric managing director Scott Lawrence says that it's crucial more investors consider the tax impact ...

GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... opportunity by diversifying away from their existing growth-oriented product suite and into income-oriented products and active-passive strategies. This month fund manager AXA IM launched SmartBeta products, which are alternative solutions to index trackers. ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated with passive investments such as concentration risk, cost leakage and diversification concerns. With the new products AXA IM aims to ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... investment solution is designed to be less expensive than employing a dedicated fund manager but with superior performance to passive investment strategies. Fees on index funds essentially mean that investors who use a passive approach are essentially ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which ...

New Zealand Super on track after strong 2012

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... says that its active strategies have added $1.3 billion to funds under management since inception, compared to the fund's passive 'Reference Portfolio' benchmark.

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... inflows. "We see three main sources for these substantial inflows: investors getting out of term deposits; a switch from passive to active managers; and a rebalancing out of model portfolios," he explained, adding that bonds would continue to offer markedly ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... while only 29% used crediting rates. The fund has also made recent changes to its investments, taking money away from a passive Australian equities mandate run by BlackRock to fund five new active Australian equities mandates. The changes were part of ...

Fewer managers drive lower fees at legalsuper

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... the fund rolled all three of the managers' active international equities mandates, worth a combined $167 million, into a passive one which was then awarded to State Street. By refining its manager line-up, legalsuper was able to negotiate cheaper fees. ...

NZ Super fund kicks out companies

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Africa Israel and its subsidiary Danya Cebus, Elbit, Shikun & Binui in which the fund had small allocations through its passive equities portfolio have now been excluded. It's understood that their exclusion follows work the companies did in the ...