MORNINGSTAR

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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Editorial

Given the nature of the relationships which traditionally exist between dealer groups and research houses, how many financial planners can actually claim to have a better...

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Funds management

With large parts of the investment industry focused on benchmark-hugging rather than rocking the boat, it can be a tough time to be a boutique fund manager, but ultimatel...

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Rate the raters

Despite having a global presence and scale it was the specific product and services offered locally that have boosted the reputation of Morningstar, according to responde...

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Funds management

Morningstar has been named the Money Management Research House of the Year, wresting the title from Lonsec which had won it for the past several years....

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Editorial

The old adage that managed funds launched in a short space of time and/or pursuing specific themes can herald poor future returns has a great deal of validity, warns Juli...

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Superannuation

Median growth fund returns 19.3 per cent for one year and 6.8 per cent over 10 years....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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