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Financial planning

The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has fired a broadside at the Australian investment research industry, criticising his peers for failing to apply hig...

Financial planning

Financial planners know what they want from a ratings house and the common starting point is quality research underpinned by user-friendliness. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

Financial planners and dealer groups rank Lonsec as preferred ratings house on back of its research quality, client service and user-friendliness. Mike Taylor reports....

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Top 100

Money Management's Top 100 Dealer Groups survey reveals Van Eyk Research as dealer groups' research house of choice, while Lonsec and Morningstar maintain broad market re...

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Financial planning

Lonsec has been named Money Management's inaugural Funds Management Ratings House of the Year on the back of its focus on gauging what its customers want and delivering t...

Funds management

The take up of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is still low in the adviser community, despite their increasing use by direct and self-managed super fund investors....

Funds management

With Asia having been termed a global equities sweet spot in terms of the way it has emerged from the global recession, a new Lonsec sector review has pointed to global e...

Funds management

Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Property Sector Review, with the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund the only fund of 19 reviewed to achieve the highest ratin...

Financial planning

The closing down of India Equities Fund last week is not indicative of what is happening in the Indian market, according to Fiducian Portfolio Services....

Financial planning

Multi-managers feel the increasing sophistication of their investment approach is making it less of a challenge to demonstrate that they can deliver enough active return ...

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Financial planning

Multi-manager investment teams are growing, with Lonsec noting in its most recent sector review that the average number of people in a team was 9.3 in 2009, up from 5.6 i...

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Financial planning

India's growth story is more positive than most emerging markets, according to Fiducian investment manager Conrad Burge....

Rate the raters

The results of the annual Money Management Rate the Raters survey have shown research houses are still in favour. However, there is still room for improvement. Angela Fah...

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Financial planning

Australia’s major retail funds management ratings houses need to improve their turnaround times, according to the findings of Money Management’s 2010 Rate the Raters surv...

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Financial planning

Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has opened Macquarie Forestry Investment 2010, which is available until 30 June and has received strong ratings from Adviser Edge ...

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