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Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Cerulli have dedicated resources for ESG manager research, and others are considering adding resources. A separate Morningstar study found 73% of asset managers consider ESG factors when making investments. One institutional investor that is far advanced ...

Morningstar research director returns from Chicago

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
A director at research and ratings house Morningstar has returned to a role in this region after a two-year stint with the company in Chicago. Chris Douglas is taking up the role of director of manager research ratings for the Asia-Pacific region. Reporting ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... cycle," Rosenbloom said. Separately, BMO Global Asset Management's BMO Pyrford Global Absolute Return Fund received a Morningstar analyst rating of 'Silver' - its first Morningstar analyst rating after becoming available to the intermediary market in ...

UBS Microcap fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... groups a clear path to our research and insight in this often hard to access segment of the market." According to Morningstar, factors helping the small-cap sector included a diminished proportion of resource stocks, which dropped from 46% of the Small ...

Responsible assets close to half of total Australia AUM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... data supplied by 69 asset managers, super funds, financial advisers, banks and community investment managers, plus Morningstar statistics, shows that responsible funds under management reached $633.2 billion in 2015. Furthermore, core responsible investment ...

Infocus launches free robo-advice solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Australians choice in the way they engage with advice" Earnie.com.au will leverage the capability of global partners Morningstar and Praemium. Morningstar's sophisticated investment calculation methodology supports some of the largest direct advice providers ...

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... about $10 billion yet risk and return outcomes are not necessarily living up to expectations. Investment researcher Morningstar says in a new white paper that investor experiences with objective-based managed funds have, to date, been worse than reported ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... strengthened its research function through a combination of recruiting additional experienced staff and partnering with both Morningstar, for direct equities support, and Lonsec for managed funds support to provide additional capabilities. "The IOOF ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... initial trajectory." These findings were echoed in a report developed jointly by the Financial Services Council and Morningstar, which said: "Investment management fees charged in Australia are among the world's lowest (if not the lowest)... The FSC ...

PIMCO Income fund launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... officer, Dan Ivascyn, and Alfred Murata, a managing director at PIMCO's Newport Beach office, both of whom were named Morningstar's 2013 Fixed Income Managers of the Year in the US. PIMCO has offered this strategy to investors in the US since 2007 and ...