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Financial planning

Former AMP Capital and Russell staffer Andrew Lill joins Morningstar’s Ibbotson as CIO, Asia-Pacific....

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Funds management

Record growth in the ETF industry is not expected to dampen the appeal of the investment vehicle in 2014. ...

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Funds management

Interim results of the Morningstar Australian Institutional Sector Survey show Australian shares finished the year on a positive note, with the S&P/ASX300 Index returning...

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Editorial

The recognition of women in the financial services sector reached new heights this year with the launch of a number of dedicated award schemes and programs....

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Funds management

A closer look at the seemingly strong growth of the Australian managed fund sector reveals weak flows across most major sectors, report says....

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Editorial

Equity income funds may not live up to their hype, writes Morningstar's Kathryn Young. ...

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Editorial

This month, PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: For what types of funds are performance fees warranted, and what is a reasonable performance fee struct...

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Editorial

Although the rest of the world has moved heavily into index funds in recent years, Australians and Kiwis have to a degree maintained their love affair with an active mana...

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Funds management

The domestic Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) sector has grown rapidly in the last quarter, thanks to a spike in the Australian stock market, Morningstar has revealed. ...

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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, ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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Financial planning

Morningstar analysis paints the big four banks as being an oligopoly which is stronger now than before the GFC....

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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, ...

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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. ...

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