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Financial planning

The investment research team at ANZ-owned RI Advice Group, led by Dinyar Irani, is leaving to set up a portfolio construction company in partnership with Ray Miles’...

Financial planning

Not all research houses are created equal, and even within the leading research houses there are areas of strength and weaknesses that must be accounted for....

Financial planning

Some of Australia’s biggest investment research contracts have changed hands in recent weeks, and there could be more changes in the pipeline....

Financial planning

Regulators have again been urged to intervene in the issue of fund promotion as some of Australia’s biggest fund managers and super funds continue to market product...

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Financial planning

Morningstar has boosted its fund research team with the return of Mark Laidlaw from its London-based European fund research team....

Financial planning

Active managers across a range of sharemarket categories failed to beat their respective indexes in the last quarter....

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Financial planning

Lack of consistency in fund name conventions remains a significant issue, with labels such as ‘balanced’ and ‘growth’ often meaning very different...

Editorial

With the debate between active and index funds continuing to gather momentum, Benjamin Levy examines the role of both strategies in a post GFC climate....

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Funds management

Research house Morningstar has placed the Fidelity Global Equities Fund 'on hold' following the company’s announcement about the departure of its portfolio manager,...

People & Products

Anthony Serhan appointed CEO of Morningstar's Australian and New Zealand operations....

Financial planning

Tarrants was not the only financial planning firm to recommend clients invest in the Astarra Strategic Fund, and those recommendations were made following sound due dilig...

Financial planning

Criticisms by van Eyk Research chief Mark Thomas of the levels of scrutiny being applied by research houses have sparked a strong response from rival research houses, wri...

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Editorial

It is now clear that the failure of many fund managers to appropriately navigate the global financial crisis has caused many investors to question the ultimate value they...

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Financial planning

Morningstar has begun publishing qualitative analyst research on Australian-offered exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....

Financial planning

The chief executive of van Eyk Research, Mark Thomas, has fired a broadside at the Australian investment research industry, criticising his peers for failing to apply hig...

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