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Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Research house Lonsec expects product providers to move towards frontier markets such as Africa and small cap Asian equities, as emerging markets become more mainstream, a senior analyst said today. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst for Lonsec ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... with the S&P/ASX 200 closing at 4034.8, up 1.2% on the day. William Keenan, senior equity strategist for research house Lonsec, said the massive turnaround in sentiment had been due to the market hitting levels that were just too oversold. "(Stocks) ...

S&P loses Hoven

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... stockbroking analyst for two global investment banks and with Exxon in business and engineering roles. Hoven's departure follows Lonsec's Grant Kennaway's move to Morningstar. Kennaway will take up his new role in November.

Lonsec casts eye over fund fee structures

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Ratings agency Lonsec has analysed the fee structures of fund managers in its Australian Equities Long/Short peer group and discovered two funds that employ a performance hurdle of 0%. While the performance fee hurdles employed by most managers in the ...

Lonsec research head exits for Morningstar

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Lonsec's general manager of research, Grant Kennaway, has resigned from the research house, effective immediately, and moved to the newly created position of head of fund research, Asia-Pacific at Morningstar. Kennaway has submitted his resignation ...

PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... outperformed Australian shares over the past ten years and actively managed income funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and low cost alternatives might be to ...

Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... global REITs funds. Previous roles include head and director of equities for the Future Fund, senior analyst roles with Lonsec in research, analysis and advice on global equities and long short hedge funds and US equity analyst for Russell Investments. ...

Lonsec bought by FRH

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The long rumoured sale of Lonsec has today been confirmed. Zurich has sold the ratings house to Financial Research Holdings (FRH). The sale brings Lonsec under the same business umbrella as SuperRatings. "We are absolutely thrilled with the purchase ...

Alpha aims to lure planners with flexi gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... Shares, solely marketed to financial advises, is due out later this month and the closing date for investments is June 28. Lonsec has been engaged to rate the product.

AUI to draw planners with new property ratings

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... acquired from Westpac in September 2010, has earned a three-star 'NEW' rating from Standard & Poor's Fund Services, while Lonsec has given it 'Recommended Upper' status. "The real push for the rights issue, which is discounted at 7.5 per cent, will be ...