research house

Rate the raters

Zenith has been named Money Management’s Research House of the Year for 2014, taking the title from last year’s winner, Morningstar, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...

Financial planning

Mercer rises in race for Research House of the Year

Strong performances across a range of categories has seen Mercer’s standing among financial planning dealer groups rise, the second part of Money Management’s Rate the Ra...

Financial planning

Lonsec's Research House of the Year title hopes under pressure

Leading the way after the first part of the Money Management Rate the Raters survey, Lonsec's place as the number one research house was put under pressure when the deale...

Financial planning

Former van Eyk asset team to launch start-up

van Eyk’s former asset consultancy team has reunited to start a new venture, weeks after leaving the research house. ...

Financial planning

van Eyk sale almost finalised

The sale of van Eyk is expected to be finalised this week, with administrators very close to signing off on a deal on the research house’s key assets. ...

Financial planning

ASIC investigates van Eyk

ASIC has confirmed it in the process of investigating the Blueprint fund behind the voluntary administration of van Eyk. ...

Financial planning

Tracking van Eyk’s demise

Money Management looks at the events that led to the voluntary administration of one of Australia’s top research houses. ...

Funds management

Emerging markets warrant ‘specialist’ managers: Lonsec

The fragile state of emerging markets creates a strong case for employing specialist investment managers, according to Lonsec. ...

Rate the raters

Dreaming the dream: a perfect ratings house

While nobody’s perfect, Nicholas O’Donoghue asks fund managers what their perfect ratings house would look like, and finds out the flaws in the current crop. ...

Rate the raters

Managers look past money to focus on results

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...

Funds management

LICs showing good value: Zenith

Listed investment companies (LICs) are producing high returns with the bonus of high franking despite its relatively poor reputation, a research house found....