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Lonsec confirms interest in van Eyk's iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Lonsec Fiscal is "extremely interested" in acquiring van Eyk Research's core research and portfolio construction solution, iRate. "Lonsec Fiscal is extremely interested in acquiring the iRate technology and its clients," a Lonsec spokesperson told Financial ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... while a niche segment, a number of the funds have generated a strong alpha track record over a reasonable period." The research found that RI funds tend to struggle against the benchmark when there is a strongly rising or resource driven markets, possibly ...

Van Eyk starts due diligence with potential buyer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Eyk Australian business which is now conducting due diligence. Moore Stephens will nevertheless recommend moving the research business into liquidation at a creditor's meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 11am. The administrator would not confirm who the ...

SelectingSuper fund award finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... including eight organisations that have qualified for the first time. Christopher Page, managing director of Rainmaker, the research partner of SelectingSuper, said: "The awards are a good opportunity to celebrate the best and most innovative aspects ...

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... investors can harness the advantages of each and create a more flexible and diversified portfolio," Oliver said. "Our research suggests that adopting a long-term, strategic framework governing the blending of active and passive, regardless of the economic ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... process of managing clients' retirement savings in the one place a much better experience. "We conducted extensive market research as well as in-depth qualitative research with a wide range of financial advisers from across the country, which confirmed ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... size. "There were only 70-odd advisers, which is not enough to be representative," he said. "It is a targeted piece of research that defines very tightly where to look." Despite this, Fox said that the report remained useful because it highlighted gaps ...

New tech can't beat face-to-face advice meetings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... 10 consumers still prefer an old-fashioned face-to-face meeting with their financial adviser. That's according to new research from State Super Financial Services which found that these customers believe a face-to-face encounter is important to establish ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... produce above-inflation performance irrespective of market conditions are becoming a big hit with investors, according to research and ratings house Zenith. The company has given 11 funds a rating, including six new offerings, as part of its 2014 multi-asset ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... 'unburnable carbon risk' by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). The report, written by ACCR research director Howard Pender, argues that the banks' current level of exposure to high-carbon industries, via lending activities ...