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Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
The high turnover of active managed funds generates tax inefficiencies that can drag portfolios by as much as 2%, according to global asset manager Parametric.

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Asian bond yields experienced much lower volatility in the wake of the uncertainty which surrounded the Cypriot debt talks, according to HSBC Global Asset Management.

CalPERS awards $500m multi-asset mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
One of the best-known pension funds in the US has awarded a significant mandate to Standard Life Investments' top-performing multi-asset fund.

Less is more with in-house investment: Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
Going against the grain of super funds that continue to expand their in-house investment teams, the Future Fund's infrastructure team prefers to use outside experts to help manage their portfolios.

Instreet happy with growth at 5-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
Instreet has grown to a point where protecting market share, rather than winning it, is the strategic priority, according to managing director George Lucas.

Van Eyk buys Perpetual NZ Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
Investment research provider van Eyk has completed the purchase of Perpetual New Zealand Companies, which includes Perpetual Asset Management and Perpetual Portfolio Management.

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
Institutional investors are starting to look at the emerging market asset class more of a 'strategic' rather than an 'opportunistic' play, according to a visiting global portfolio manager.

Reignited euro crisis prompts gold rush

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
Global traders are rushing to buy gold as the eurozone crisis once again rears its ugly head.

2013 FICAP RockStar crowned

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Trent McArdle from ANZ takes home the RockStar prize whilst the finance industry raises over $100,000 for charity.

Time to rebalance as cash returns fall: Bridgewater

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Cash returns are likely to fall to below 1% and stay low for a long period of time, according to Bridgewater portfolio strategist Jeff Gardner.