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ISN to APRA: get on with it

... publishing their data 'first' rather than have accurate figures." Keevers said while there can be a de facto race between researchers to release performance data, funds have also dramatically sped up how they deliver their information. "Five years ago ...

Flawed fund analysis demands new metric: Study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... presenting their paper Investment Performance Ranking of Superannuation Firms to the Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers this week. Sy and Lui argue that an alternative approach is to analyse the overall effect of all investments offered by superannuation ...

T. Rowe Price to grow retail presence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... highest [global equities] rating across insto and retail," said Brewer, noting the group's top recommendation from researchers Van Eyk and Lonsec. And while the fund's global equities strategy underperformed compared to its peers last year, its long ...

Countdown to CIMA scholarships: IMCA

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... recognised and provides participants with a broad understanding of the issues facing 'client facing' investment managers, researchers and consultants. "The program provides essential theoretical and practical grounding for investment researchers and ...

Future still belongs to super

... fundamental re-evaluation of its investment principles and how it presents itself to the electorate. In contrast to other researchers, both Rainmaker and Deloitte project considerable upside for self-managed super funds (SMSF). Rainmaker said SMSF are ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. This acquisition means more than 50 ESG researchers will be added to RiskMetrics' business. "Innovest is one of the few firm's that has successfully taken a quantitative approach ...

Zenith wins clients and adds to team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... Miller will review and analyse managed funds across a range of asset classes at Zenith. The research firm now has nine researchers. "The expansion of the research team will significantly enhance the provision of Zenith's high quality, detailed research ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Association Australia annual conference, held in Sydney on 2 December and Melbourne on 4 December. Fund managers, researchers and consultants are expected to converge at this year's conference to listen to how Pascoe will position the $36.4 billion fund ...

S&P downgrades UBS Equity Income to sell

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Melbourne, Bolger and Anderson are responsible for developing the UBS GAM business, and building relationships with researchers and asset consultants, according to the S&P note. Meanwhile, Lonsec has retained its "investment grade" rating and Navigator ...

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... ratings to consumers. But what makes the site different is that it will tap into a new market demographic called 'social researchers', those who like to base their investment decisions on feedback from existing customers. Mozo collaborated with research ...