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Zenith has been named Money Management’s Research House of the Year for 2014, taking the title from last year’s winner, Morningstar, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...

Financial planning

Leading the way after the first part of the Money Management Rate the Raters survey, Lonsec's place as the number one research house was put under pressure when the deale...

Superannuation

The Age Pension should be regarded as a Government backed annuity with inflation linked increases that provides an income floor according to research released by Lonsec I...

Funds management

Lonsec’s parent company has announced a review and the possibility of a strategic partner taking a minority stake....

Financial planning

AREITs have performed well for the past 12 months but still hold concentration risk across a range of funds according to research house Lonsec....

Funds management

The fragile state of emerging markets creates a strong case for employing specialist investment managers, according to Lonsec. ...

Financial planning

Specialist financial services companies and larger banks are looking to grow their separate managed account (SMA) businesses over the next two years....

Funds management

Investors are being warned against specifically targeting asset classes that provide tangible income at an attractive rate without taking into account the need for versif...

Rate the raters

While research houses view their pay model as the centrepiece of their offering, fund managers are more concerned about timely and digestable results, writes Jason Spits...

Editorial

While simplicity in the multi-fund sector is widely regarded a thing of the past, the fundamental investment principles that guided the success of multi-funds still apply...

Funds management

Fractional property investment provider DomaCom has boosted its distribution reach to nearly 400 planners after signing with a planning group with more than 70 authorised...

People & Products

Lonsec Fiscal Holdings announce key executive changes. ...

Editorial

The blurring of lines between developed and emerging markets have made global equities a tricky investment zone, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lucrative opportunitie...

Funds management

THE process Lonsec implemented to select the winners for each award category is consistent with last year's process and consisted of three primary components....

Funds management

The finesse of an experienced investment team can be the difference between outperforming and underperforming, even in tough market circumstances. ...

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