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van Eyk calls for pay for ratings disclosure

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... related payments for product ratings listed in the Statement of Advice should also be disclosed," said van Eyk CEO Mark Thomas. "This would be akin to a wealth warning to unsuspecting investors whose default assumption is independence between product ...

VTP mulls management change

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... board consists of executives of financial planning group Dixon Advisory since 2009 after a shareholder vote, replacing Mark Thomas, VTP managing director and current van Eyk Research chief executive and Cameron McCullagh, director at VTPM, among others. ...

Researcher van Eyk appoints two, Ruddock departs

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... previously held a role at Rismark International, a part of the Macquarie Funds Group. Van Eyk's chief executive officer, Mark Thomas, said the Olsen and Weight were chosen due to their extensive background in investment houses and financial research. ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... way," he said, a sentiment that was echoed by a number of advisers at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain advantages. "If you have a view, can ...

Van Eyk head of distrib exits, staff cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... across its sales, product, IT and research departments, while head of distribution, Michael Angwin, has resigned. Mark Thomas, chief executive of van Eyk, said less than 10 people were let go as part of the restructure. Angwin, who took on the role of ...

Subscriber-pays ratings approach more critical: van Eyk

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... ratings are 2.4 times more likely to critically assess the performance of those managers, said van Eyk chief executive, Mark Thomas. In a speech to the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium in Sydney last week, he said there was evidence to show that van Eyk ...

Van Eyk strengthens investment team

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... coverage of 49 new fund strategies and developing a New Zealand strategic asset allocation model of advice," said Mark Thomas, chief executive at van Eyk. "Growth was also experienced in asset consulting with dealer groups requiring model portfolios ...

Van Eyk loses two, names GM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Zealand. Fitzgerald was appointed in a senior consulting role focussing on national financial planning dealer groups. Mark Thomas, managing director of van Eyk Research, said both employees left the firm following an on-going restructure strategy. "There ...

Van Eyk maintains name after founder sells stake

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
Mark Thomas, managing director of van Eyk Research, said they have no plans to change the company's name after founder Stephen van Eyk's 25 per cent stake was sold to New Zealand-based Pyne Gould Corporation last month. Stephen van Eyk's stake was sold ...

Van Eyk head of strategic research joins Future Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... Perpetual in March this year and the firm's founder, Stephen van Eyk, resigned as executive chair in August last year. Mark Thomas was promoted to chief executive when van Eyk was moved to executive chair in July last year. Despite research not being ...