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Financial planning

Van Eyk - dealer groups' house of choice

Van Eyk Research was the most prominent gatekeeper of approved product lists for the top 20 dealer groups in Australia. While fund managers may not rate them as their pre...

Financial planning

Style not making funds look better

No particular investment style proved to protect large cap global equity funds from the carnage of the past 12 months, according to research house Lonsec. Find out which ...

Financial planning

Multi-Manager: Advance advocates managing risk well

This year’s winner in the Multi-Manager category, Advance Asset Management, has been a long-term multi-manager protagonist and its head of investment solutions, Patrick F...

Financial planning

Rising Star: Integrity takes flight with robust structure

While good returns help the survival of a boutique manager, a good capital base and back-office are the keys to long-term survival. These attributes were part of the crit...

Editorial

Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds): Alpha adds up for Winton

Macquarie looked at about 300 managers for its Professional Series of investments and narrowed it down to six, including this year’s winner, Winton Global Alpha Fund....

Editorial

Regional/Emerging Market Equities: Aberdeen’s meet and greet strategy

It came down to two worthy finalists in the Regional/Emerging Market Equities category, but highly experienced Aberdeen Asset Management ultimately came out on top with i...

Funds management

Australian Equities (Broad Cap): Integrity arrives with tried and tested philosophy

Integrity Investment Management may be a relative newcomer to the Australian equities space, but its team of managers is anything but inexperienced. ...

Funds management

Finding the Fund Manager of the Year winners for 2009

The process Lonsec implemented to select the winners for each category consisted of three components. ...

Financial planning

Schroders shines

Schroders Investment Management crowned the 2009 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year...

Financial planning

Schroders soars

Schroders Investment Management named Fund Manager of the Year at the 2009 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Awards....

Financial planning

Market turbulence fails to sink multi-managers

Multi-managers appear to be weathering the current market volatility better than most with some companies even reporting net increases in fund flows, according to the lat...

Financial planning

Mind your managers, warns Lonsec

Ratings house Lonsec has urged financial advisers to take particular care when recommending both Australian and international long/short funds....

Financial planning

Steering through the downturn

When it comes to fund manager performance in 2008-09, Amal Awad reports that the best-performing managers are those whose investment returns have plumbed lesser depths....