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Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... analysis. The State Street Global Investors (SSgA) S&P/ASX 200 Fund has been upgraded from 'recommended' to 'highly recommended'. Only a small number of funds achieve a highly recommended rating. According to Zenith, these products typically rate first ...

Mercer highly recommended by Lonsec

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Mercer's multi-manager funds have been rated "highly recommended" by Lonsec. Mercer said they are the only multi-manager fund group to be consistently rated this highly and that this rating is only granted when Lonsec believe the fund or product can ...

Plan B board accepts IOOF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... shareholders for acceptance until 11 September 2012. "The acquisition of Plan B represents a unique opportunity to combine two highly complementary businesses," said Christopher Kelaher, IOOF managing director. Plan B is a boutique wealth management ...

RARE, Lazard infra funds 'highly recommended' by Lonsec

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Lonsec has branded two infrastructure securities funds from RARE and Lazarad as 'highly recommended' in its 2012 review of the sector. "Our increased conviction in management teams [of the funds] has resulted in two upgrades in this year's review - ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... research approach for active funds," said Elsworth. He said the rating scale used for actively managed funds (highly recommended, recommended, investment grade and so on) will be adopted for rating index funds. "Once an index fund has passed Lonsec's ...

Bennelong expands Long Short Equity Management

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... management and investment business. BLSEM manages the Bennelong Long Short Equity Fund, which has received a 'highly recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The Fund manages money on behalf of fund-of-funds, private investors, corporate ...

Legg Mason Real Income Fund rated Highly Recommended

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Legg Mason's Australian Real Income Fund has received the rating of 'Highly Recommended' by research house Lonsec. Lonsec awarded the 'Highly Recommend' rating, in part, for the "improved resourcing and skills of the investment team responsible for ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... important, the quality of advice and the professionalism of the industry are paramount. "The FOFA reforms will create a highly professional financial advice industry. Further, as systems are developed and refined to meet the annual disclosure and 'opt-in' ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... term return outlook, such as increasing a portfolios exposure to credit within their income-based strategy and using a highly diversified credit portfolio across a full investment cycle. "Further, more sophisticated absolute return strategies and equity ...

Lonsec hands Solaris top rating

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... Boutique Australian equities manager Solaris Investment Management's Core Australian Equity Fund has received a 'Highly Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The rating applies to both the retail and performance fee option, which are style neutral strategies ...