MORNINGSTAR

Funds management

Research house claims the departure of PIMCO’s Bill Gross not a cause for alarm with PIMCO funds offered in Australia still regarded as high quality....

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Australian super funds have started the new financial year on a positive note, with the median growth fund returning 0.8 per cent....

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Funds management

Regulatory changes to the Corporations Act intended to drive up the retail corporate bond market will not make a huge difference, according to industry insiders....

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Financial planning

Mortgage Choice will push into financial planning aiming to double planners numbers by June 2015....

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Editorial

Boutique fund managers bring a more focused approach to investment management, but they also face many challenges, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue....

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Funds management

Fund managers producing consistent levels of outperformance are hard to find with only two per cent producing a regular average of 2.5 per cent above benchmark....

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Funds management

The median Australian share fund manager marginally underperformed the benchmark last month, with materials continuing to prove the standout sector, according to Mornings...

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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...

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Funds management

Planners have been cautioned about objective-based and lifecycle funds stating they may venture into risky assets that ignore investor’s particular needs....

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Financial planning

Median managers across all major investment classes posted above index performance for the past financial year according to statistics released by Morningstar as part of ...

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Financial planning

Morningstar announces changes to its research team make-up....

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Financial planning

Morningstar has launched stewardship ratings for Australian and New Zealand stocks, based a company’s capital allocation policies and track record. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Korea to foster financial services trade and investment between Australia and Korea....

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Financial planning

Retirement savings calculations may be using incorrect values for the level of savings required creating a false gap between reality and expectations. ...

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Editorial

ETFs lay in the shadow of other investment vehicles for almost a decade, but the last two years have seen their value skyrocket. Could it have anything to do with regulat...

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