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Funds management

The predicted worldwide economic slowdown may have a positive effect on global property investing and will be welcomed by ING Clarion managing director and chief investme...

Financial planning

Expectations of reduced returns from Australian listed property compared with previous years have fuelled greater interest in global and hybrid property investment produc...

Financial planning

OFM Investment Group has acquired privately owned funds management company Century Funds Management Limited....

Financial planning

Lonsec’s 2005-2006 large cap international equity sector review has found the asset class experienced a qualitative improvement during the past 12 months....

Funds management

Lonsec has rated two global property securities funds as ‘highly recommended’, five as ‘recommended’ and two as ‘investment grade’ in its inaugural review of the sector....

Rate the raters

Fund managers have again been given the opportunity to give their frank but anonymous assessment on the research houses which so frequently determine how the financial se...

Funds management

The 2006 Money Management Rating the Raters survey asked for feedback from fund managers about their experiences and dealings with the seven of the main researchers in th...

Financial planning

Only three small cap equity funds scored a ‘highly recommended’ rating in Lonsec’s new sector review report....

Financial planning

Fund managers have confirmed that the major research houses are still capable of significantly influencing their businesses, with 50 per cent expressing the view that res...

Funds management

Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...

Funds management

Research house Morningstar has not lifted its ‘avoid’ rating on Colonial First States’ global property securities fund, despite the Commonwealth Bank-owned fund manager a...

Editorial

Forestry managed investment schemes have become the most popular segment of the agribusiness asset class. But there are different sub-segments in the forestry segment and...

Funds management

Melbourne-based research house Lonsec has delivered an upbeat assessment of hybrid property products....

Financial planning

Multi managers offered mixed performance in 2005 with growth multi-managers and those in global equities achieving strong results, while multi-managers in the Australian ...

Funds management

Research house Lonsec has taken the UBS Property Securities Fund off ‘fund watch’ and reinstated its previous rating of ‘highly recommended’ following the appointment of ...

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