RESEARCH HOUSES

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The power of research houses is highlighted by the recent decision of UBS to no longer allow its funds to be rated by van Eyk, which it sees as a competitor....

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The labels ‘value’ and ‘growth’ are simplifications of styles which are much more complex, writes Robert Keavney....

Financial planning

The relationship between product providers and research houses has appeared on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) radar with new anti-conflict ...

Financial planning

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With a broad and deep research offering, Assirt has plenty more to offer, as Ross Kelly investigates....

Financial planning

The retail research space is flooded with players, but how are financial planning practices making use of their services? Freya Purnell reports....

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It may have begun as an afterthought, but today van Eyk Research is leading the pack. Ross Kelly reports....

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting head of research for retail products Chris Durack has been snared by Perpetual Investments to take on a new role covering research relationsh...

Financial planning

After leaving his post as senior portfolio manager at Perpetual Investments in September 2002, Peter Morgan resurfaced later that year to announce the establishment of a ...

Financial planning

How a rating house conducts its research has been a contentious issue for some time, but as Jason Spits writes, fund managers are still seeking an open and wide-ranging p...

Financial planning

Financial planners believe that managed funds research houses should provide more information on market trends and institutional ownership is a conflict of interest, acco...

Financial planning

The prevalence of the use of model portfolios by financial planners and advisers has been confirmed by Assirt research which found 47 per cent indicating they used model ...

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While risk companies have concerns about the processes and representation they receive from industry researchers, the researchers themselves have some gripes of their own...

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Life insurance houses have not damned the industry researchers but then again, as Jason Spits reports, they are not entirely pleased with what is available....

Financial planning

Lucie Beaman talks to advisers about the practical application of risk research....

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