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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... positive territory at the open included metals and minerals stocks (up 2.53 per cent) and materials stocks (up 2.22 per cent). Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan the prospect of the US Federal Reserve announcing a further round of economic ...

Former S&P head moves to Lonsec

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Former Standard & Poor's head of fixed income managed funds research David Erdonmez is to join Lonsec as a general manager. Erdonmez will take up the role of GM - managed funds research early next month when S&P is due to close its local research unit. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... note, defensive sectors such as healthcare (up 0.76 per cent) and telecoms (up 0.76 per cent) were higher in early trade. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan the Australian market had done well to be close to level at the start of trade after ...

Lonsec urges advisers to revisit EMs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
After a "brutal" year for emerging market investors, things might be looking up, said research house Lonsec. It has been a rocky ride for emerging market investors over the past 12 months, with "true believers in the merits of an expending emerging ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... alternative investments to their portfolio whilst maintaining the majority of their cash position, if they like," he explained. Lonsec investment house, which has given the product a 'recommended rating', said the structure is a relatively efficient ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... existing research offering, integrating a Mercer Investments feed to sit alongside existing research feeds from Van Eyk, Lonsec and Morningstar.

Skelly to head State Street Aus ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... Parkin to a new role as business development manager for wholesale ETF sales, reporting to Skelly. Parkin, who joins from Lonsec, will work with SSgA's institutional business development team covering clients such as small institutions, multi managers ...

A-REIT concentration raises active mgt questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian listed property trust securities sector is plagued by concentration issues, according to Lonsec's annual review. While most funds in the sector are benchmarked against the S&P/ASX-200 A-REIT Accumulation Index or the S&P/ASX-300 A-REIT ...

Research key to Asian small caps

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... different trading culture, and the lack of compulsory pension contributions, Said David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Lonsec recommended Fidelity Asia Fund. "There have been times when [Asian] small cap companies have turned over substantial portions ...

RARE, Lazard infra funds 'highly recommended' by Lonsec

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Lonsec has branded two infrastructure securities funds from RARE and Lazarad as 'highly recommended' in its 2012 review of the sector. "Our increased conviction in management teams [of the funds] has resulted in two upgrades in this year's review - ...