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Editorial
With both bonds and equities looking set to struggle if inflation rises, it will be important to limit exposure to them via diversification and dynamic asset allocation, ...
Editorial
The Asian equities market is vulnerable to US quantitative easing in the short term, but the market itself is very diverse and the longer-term outlook stronger. ...
Editorial
As the boom in the Australian economy recedes, investors from this country are beginning to look at rising Asian equities as a strategy to boost returns – but a sense of ...
Financial planning
Morningstar analysis paints the big four banks as being an oligopoly which is stronger now than before the GFC....
Editorial
Investing in hedge funds is one of the more polarising topics in the investment world. There are strongly-held views at each end of the spectrum, with little in-between, ...
People & Products
Former Standard and Poor’s executive managing director Tom Schiller has joined independent research agency Morningstar as it looks to expand its Asia-Pacific presence. ...
Editorial
Given the nature of the relationships which traditionally exist between dealer groups and research houses, how many financial planners can actually claim to have a better...
Funds management
With large parts of the investment industry focused on benchmark-hugging rather than rocking the boat, it can be a tough time to be a boutique fund manager, but ultimatel...
Rate the raters
Despite having a global presence and scale it was the specific product and services offered locally that have boosted the reputation of Morningstar, according to responde...
Funds management
Morningstar has been named the Money Management Research House of the Year, wresting the title from Lonsec which had won it for the past several years....
Editorial
The old adage that managed funds launched in a short space of time and/or pursuing specific themes can herald poor future returns has a great deal of validity, warns Juli...
Superannuation
Median growth fund returns 19.3 per cent for one year and 6.8 per cent over 10 years....
Funds management
Over the 30 years to 30 June 2013, major asset class indices have returned between 8.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent per annum, led by Australian shares, Vanguard’s 2013 Ind...
Financial planning
Standard Life Investments has joined with John Hancock Investments to launch a new fund into the United States. ...
Editorial
Although lifecycle investing may hold the solution to one set of problems, it also has the potential to lift the lid on another Pandora’s box, writes Renato Mota....
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Podcast
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...