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Star global equity manager to launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... the benchmark's 15.22% per annum. The fund's performance is just as impressive over one, three and seven years and Morningstar has given it a five-star rating in the US. Marsico's strategy is already available to Australian investors through the ASX-listed ...

Is now the time to buy IOOF?

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... of business and IOOF has been reasonably open about that. We'll have to wait and see." This view was supported by Morningstar, which changed its recommendation from "hold" to "accumulate" on Monday afternoon, as the stock moved from $10.66 to $9.24. ...

Australian Unity completes capital raising for new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Australian Unity has also appointed two new business development managers. Charlie Wapshott, joining the company from Morningstar, will direct business development in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania; Chad Brookes, coming from ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australia has come dead last in a study of portfolio disclosure standards across 29 countries. The Morningstar Global Fund Investor Experience Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... probably even more important, according to Platinum Asset Management managing director Kerr Neilson. Speaking at a Morningstar SMSF conference, he revealed his motto: "question your biases, look for opportunities where others are not, try and control ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... their respective benchmarks by 2.4% p.a. and 10.3% p.a. Hyperion funds are currently ranked first and second in the Morningstar Australian Institutional Sector Survey in their respective asset classes over the last 10 years.

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... reappointed as implemented investment consultant by REI Super for a further three years. Ibbotson, which is part of the Morningstar Investment Management Group, provides advice and management for REI Super's low-cost default MySuper option as well as ...

Morningstar names two new analysts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
Morningstar has appointed two analysts to its Australasian manager research team. CFA accredited Daniel Cheang joins as a senior analyst while Matthew Wu has come on board as an analyst. They are responsible for undertaking research on Australian and ...

'Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco

AAP  |  SATURDAY, 27 SEP 2014
... regulatory probe into the way Pimco has been valuing bonds in a smaller fund and by management turmoil at the company. Morningstar, a fund rating firm, put all of Pimco's funds under review on Friday, and financial analysts scurried to assess the impact ...

Certitude appoints new regional manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... to enhance inflows into their managed funds. He has also held senior positions with Australian Unity Investments, Morningstar Research and Challenger Financial Group. "Over the past few years the adviser market has become more sophisticated, as the demands ...