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Investment

Fidelity joins Calastone's automated funds transaction network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network.

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
Typical balanced superannuation portfolios are ill-equipped to protect investors from the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent rise in global bond yields, according to Russell director of client strategies for Asia Pacific Scott Fletcher.

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
Cyclical companies based in North Asian economies represent the best value investment in Asia, according to AllianceBernstein's specialist in the region Stuart Rae.

SSgA invests $50m in Chinese fund manager partnership

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Investment manager State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a joint venture in China with Zhongrong International Trust (ZRT).

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
A dramatic increase in the amount Asian companies are spending on research and development means many are fast becoming world beaters, according to one Fidelity portfolio manager.

Perpetual attributes FUM decline to market falls

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Perpetual's funds under management (FUM) fell 2.7% in the quarter to 30 June 2013.

Tyndall concentrated fund gets Zenith 'recommended' rating

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Fund has received a 'recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners.

Credit Suisse to launch small-cap business with First NZ Capital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Credit Suisse and First NZ Capital have expanded their partnership to form a new business focused on the Australian small-cap sector.

EQT urges The Trust Company to avoid "fruitless" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has urged The Trust Company board to give reassurance that it would consider recommending the EQT offer of acquisition to its shareholders in order to avoid "an unnecessary and fruitless exercise for all concerned."

SFG to look at WHK acquisition after reporting season

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
SFG Australia will revisit a WHK Group acquisition after reporting season, even though it withdrew an initial proposal on May 2013.