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Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... of the existing research offering, integrating a Mercer Investments feed to sit alongside existing research feeds from Van Eyk, Lonsec and Morningstar.

Long-volatility a loss-maker: van Eyk

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... volatility strategy is active management as long-only positions can lead to losses, said a recently released paper by van Eyk. van Eyk's research tested a number of different investment portfolios, which combined varying amounts of volatility strategies ...

Aberdeen fixed income manager resigns

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... material to the ratings of the Aberdeen Australian Fixed and Floating Rate Funds," said Jason Blumberg senior analyst at van Eyk. "We will be meeting with Aberdeen's management in the coming days to better understand the full impact of this announcement ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... conducting a peer relative assessment of people and resources, investment process, liquidity and performance," added Elsworth. van Eyk initiated coverage of exchange traded index funds (ETFs) last year and recently changed its ratings method to reflect ...

Active risk under spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... tracking error is good, so long as it's in combination with persistent excess returns." Recent analysis by ratings house van Eyk on its database found that if three randomly selected active managers were combined in a portfolio, only two stockholdings ...

Gensler to depart T. Rowe Price

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... for the T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund will take over Gensler's responsibilities in other regions. Ratings agency Van Eyk, which announced the retirement yesterday said there would be no change to the high ratings of the fund. "We have a high regard ...

Goldman Sachs equities fund awarded AA rating

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Australian Equities Wholesale Fund has received the AA rating in van Eyk's Australian Equities Review 2012. This is the first time van Eyk has awarded the AA rating in Australian equities since 2009. The review considered ...

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... process barely started, according to GLG Partners' chief investment strategist Dr Jamil Baz. The hedge fund manager told the van Eyk annual conference in Sydney yesterday that earnings forecasts are far too high and as a result, global equities are not ...

PIS contracts Zenith for product and research review

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... issues such as products, managers and markets. A spokesperson for PIS also confirmed to Financial Standard that Lonsec and van Eyk would remain PIS' primary research providers. "Proven investment track record, a commitment to long term portfolio risk ...

BetaShares ETFs receive A rating

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
Specialist ETF provider BetaShares has been given an "A" rating for six of its ETFs by van Eyk. The exchange traded funds (ETF) were awarded on the basis of their investment process, the management team, business infrastructure and the firm's portfolio ...