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Austock Life appoints former senior BT executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... QLD and NT. Previously, Newnham worked in senior management and distribution roles at BT, Zurich, Australian Ethical and Lonsec. "Steve's appointment reunites him with former, long-time BT colleague Tony Gobbo, who recently joined us as national sales ...

BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
Lonsec has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to BetaShares' first fundamental index ETF and Commodities Basket ETF. Betashares first fundamental index, the FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF provides investors with an exposure to the top 200 companies listed on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... Australian shares have opened weaker despite a recovery on Wall Street, but local resource giants are defying the trend. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market had simply run out of momentum after a strong finish on Thursday ...

ASIC highlights higher enforcement rate ahead of Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... the six months include Macquarie Equities, Suncorp, former Bill Express CFO Peter Couper, Wickham Securities and former Lonsec managing director Norman Graham.

A-REITS rewarded for cleaning up act

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... their capital structures with robust performance and strong inflows over the last 12-18 months, according to research house Lonsec. The Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) sector has risen 24.2% in the 12 months to 30 June to recoup its ...

Research houses flag 'rating shopping' to advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... aimed at preventing investment houses from shopping around for favourable ratings. The three rating houses -- along with Lonsec Research, which announced similar plans to Financial Standard earlier this month - have moved to make the practice of 'rating ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... investments have bounced back from GFC-losses to post equity-like returns, but with lower volatility, according to the Lonsec Research review of the asset class. The Lonsec Infrastructure Securities Sector Review, which covered nine infrastructure securities ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Research house Lonsec has added two new ratings, including one which gives greater transparency for instances where a product is removed from the rating process - a practice used by managers to avoid unfavourable ratings. From 1 July, new Australian ...

Morphic receives Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF) has been awarded an 'Investment Grade' rating from Lonsec. Launched 10 months ago by two former Hunter Hall investment managers, Jack Lowsenstein and Chad Slater, the fund now has $30 million under management ...

Lonsec and Milliman partner for post-retirement research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
Investment research house Lonsec and global actuarial and consulting firm Milliman have launched an initiative to focus on the changing retirement income landscape in Australia. Lonsec head of investment consulting Lukasz de Pourbaix said the investment ...