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Twitter usage on the rise

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... Twitter usage has almost doubled, with usage among young people growing the fastest. The results are part of the latest research to come out of US Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life project, a longitudinal study that has been going on since ...

BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... the last six months to 30 June 2013, investors and advisers will heavily rely on independent information provided by research companies."

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Funds refused ratings for lack of active risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
Research house van Eyk has refused to rate several funds on the grounds that they do not contain enough active risk. In the Australian Equities Review 2013, van Eyk assessed 69 funds, granting 19 A ratings, 18 BB ratings and three B ratings. Just five ...

Zurich fund now on major platforms

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... major platforms after receiving approval from Australia's largest dealer groups. Zurich head of strategic accounts and research Tim Meggitt said support from NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath and BT/Westpac had recently helped the strategy gather momentum. "Wide ...

Super fees fall to 1.23%

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... fund fees have fallen to 1.23% but increased to $18.6 billion on the back of rising assets under management, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The researcher has just released their annual superannuation fee report that analysed fees offered 526 funds ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... said, "Five years ago we launched BT Super for Life, a low-cost superannuation account for all Australians." According to research from Rainmaker, BT Super For Life has been one of the most successful products in the low cost super segment growing to ...

Independent advisers more loyal to their licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... own dealer groups than those who belong to an institutionally-owned adviser group. A recent Net Promoter Scores (NPS) research done with over 1,000 advisers showed that those who belong to independent dealer groups are more loyal and keen to promote ...

Listed property funds unlikely to repeat returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... returns it has posted over the last 12 months in the coming year, according to the latest Zenith Investment Partners research. Zenith investment analyst Jonathan Baird said high turnover within investment teams continues to plague fund managers, particularly ...

Former BlackRock director joins Atchison

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... consultant. Hill's responsibilities will cover fund establishment, investment classes, product development and market research and analysis. Hill spent six years at BlackRock working on portfolio management and investment analysis. Prior to that he was ...