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Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Research firms are putting more resources into rating ETFs as more financial advisers and dealer group shift more of their clients' funds into ETFs and away from comparable unitised and unlisted products. Lonsec, Morningstar and Standard & Poors are ...

IMCA offers 2011 scholarships

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... must apply by April 4;, Retail research analysts must apply by April 7;, Fund executives must apply by May 2;, Fund researchers, investment analysts or portfolio managers from multi-manager teams must apply by April 7. To download a form visit the CIMA ...

Zenith wins four fin planning mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Melbourne-based research firm hired Angela Burmeister and Sam Shields as investment analysts, bringing its total number of researchers to 13. Zenith provides research reports, customised model portfolios, investment committee services, recommended lists ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... market uncertainty, leading to choices of familiar, local stocks and picked active mutual funds with high fees. The researchers looked at statistics from the UBS/Gallup Investor Optimism Survey between 1991 to 2002 as the Democrats and Republicans each ...

More departures at BlackRock

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... of the group's merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), taking up the role of relationship manager - researchers and platforms. Since then, the group's most high profile departure was in February when Morry Waked left and set up his own ...

Researchers cast eyes on ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... partly because there is a convention that ratings are required, but it's also a function of the value that external researchers can bring," he said. "In one sense ETFs are quite simple, but behind that there is a complex operating process which is invisible ...

S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... methodology of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). "The new volatility index will provide investors, financial media, researchers and economists with a means to gauge the level of volatility anticipated in the Australian equity market over the ...

Zenith expands research team

NEWS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... profile. Angela Burmeister and Sam Shields have joined Zenith as investment analysts, bringing its total number of researchers to 13. Burmeister was previously a practising medical doctor and had undertaken postgraduate studies in surgery before deciding ...

Fiduciary duty goes beyond APLs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... planning group's approved products list (APL) doesn't mean they have fulfilled their fiduciary duty - prompting top researchers to talk about the role of research behind APLs. Karla Borland, vice president, funds analyst at Credit Suisse Private Banking ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... ratings houses' remuneration models are an important element in selecting a researcher - but it is not just about how researchers are paid, but how their ratings are used. "We do use the research ratings but we don't use it as our final decision."