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Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

... same way other research providers such as van Eyk, Lonsec and IWL do. While there are several data collectors, ratings houses and in-house research teams that gather information and reports for 'wholesale' managed funds, there were really only Morningstar ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... per cent over the month to now be 1.5 per cent below the figure of a year ago. From November to December private sector houses decreased in number by 2.3 per cent although this is still 0.5 per cent above the December 2005 figure. While private sector ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... September to October of 7.4 per cent which was largely a function of the 7.5 per cent fall in the number of private sector houses versus the 6.7 per cent fall in the number of private sector other dwellings. On a year on year seasonally adjusted basis ...

Private equity capital fundraising jumps 50 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... fundraisings surge is so great, according to a joint KPMG-Reuters study Private tuition: Insights into how private equity houses nurture their investments in Asia, that the $A19 billion raised first six months of this year is 75 percent of the amount ...

ASIC clearing guidlines will segment the service chain

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... Corporations Law disclosure provisions. However, while the review is expected to force around half of the major clearing houses in the market to now apply for licenses, ASIC has also made a notable exemption for "software service providers". InvestmentLink's ...

Shrinking portfolios add risk

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... Australian equities sector over recent years has been the concentration of portfolios, according to ratings and research houses, who say investors should be mindful of changes in the risk-return relationship. According to InvestorWeb's senior investment ...

Exotic and unequitable fees on the rise

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... return funds has triggered a rise in steep and unequitable fee structures, a cause for concern for some research and ratings houses. Zenith director, David Wright, said unattractive structures that reward fund managers performance fees even when they ...

MapInfo plots the market's future

... plains, a bush area or even its proximity to churches or golf courses. "This is not based on hard data but the view is that houses close to churches are less likely to be burgled than houses close to golf courses," said Wright. MapInfo has delivered ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... Building approvals increased by 2.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms from August 2005 to August 2006 with private sector houses rising by 7.5 per cent and other private sector dwellings falling by 9.1 per cent on this annual basis. There was a 1.1 ...

Clearing houses need to be licensed: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that it considers clearing houses to be financial products and operators will therefore need to be licensed. In announcing its position, ASIC has drawn a distinction between clearing ...