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It may have begun as an afterthought, but today van Eyk Research is leading the pack. Ross Kelly reports....

Top 100

Dealers groups are now incorporating research from a range of providers. Lucia Appleby reports....

Financial planning

Morningstar’s push into the area of investment consulting has drawn its first success with the Auswide master fund signing the managed funds research house to a three yea...

Funds management

Managed funds research house Morningstar is claiming managed funds are able to beat any given benchmark but few do so, due to a lack of manager skill....

Financial planning

How a rating house conducts its research has been a contentious issue for some time, but as Jason Spits writes, fund managers are still seeking an open and wide-ranging p...

Editorial

The research market has been a busy area of financial services over the last 12 months particularly as a market of five players – IWL, Assirt, Morningstar, Lonsec and van...

Financial planning

The legal battle between Graham Rich and Morningstar Australia and Morningstar Incorporated lurched ahead last week after the Federal Court gave directions that the two s...

People & Products

Morningstar Research is on the verge of naming a new associate director of research but has at the same time announced the redundancy of three research analysts from the ...

Financial planning

Research house Morningstar has downgraded BT Funds Management’s international equities capability following the much-publicised scandal involving its US-based management ...

Financial planning

Morningstar will add a further overlay on its style box revealing the ownership and underlying stock holding biases of portfolios....

People & Products

Morningstar has finally appointed a head of research for its Australian business after nine months of searching for an appropriate candidate following the sacking of form...

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The technology produced by research houses for advisers to access and manipulate their research becomes more advanced and competitive every year. Lucie Beaman looks at wh...

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A roundup of research services and costs....

Financial planning

The risks of chasing fund manager performance have been highlighted by the revelation in a new study that top-performing retail share funds one year invariably have lackl...

Financial planning

Morningstar’s new quantitative measuring rating system released last Friday has fuelled major changes to fund manager ratings in New Zealand....

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