Altius bond funds receive ‘Recommended’ ratings

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Research house Lonsec has awarded “Recommended” ratings to the Altius Bond Fund and the Altius Sustainable Bond Fund. Both Funds seek to provide investors with regular income distributions while preserving... Read more continue reading

Zurich Emerging Markets Fund receives ‘Recommended’ Zenith rating

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has announced that its Emerging Markets Equity Fund has received its first rating from Zenith: ‘Recommended’. In its report, Zenith points to the Fund’s unique... Read more continue reading

Global exposure needed to meet investment objectives

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In its recent Strategic Asset Allocation Review, Lonsec made downward revisions to long-term expected returns across most asset classes, including a reduction in the expected performance of Australian equities. This... Read more continue reading

Allan Gray, Bennelong, Hyperion Best-Performing Australian Share Managers

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Morningstar has published results of the Morningstar® Australian Institutional Sector Survey, providing comprehensive coverage of the performance of Australian institutional investment strategies to 31 August 2016. The Australian Institutional Sector Survey... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates drop, rents jump in big cities in August

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Figures released by SQM Research this week have revealed that the number of national residential vacancies dropped in August, with 73,451 vacancies, giving a vacancy rate of 2.3%, with vacancies... Read more continue reading

Insurers must solidify planner relationships: Investment Trends 2016 Planner Risk Report

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Key findings of the Investment Trends 2016 Planner Risk Report Proposed LIF reforms hit planners’ revenue from risk advice Insurers must solidify planner relationships: Half stopped using an insurer in... Read more continue reading

Investors pass up A-REITs despite outperformance

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Lonsec Research Releases Australian Listed Property Securities Sector Review Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs) have failed to attract the same level of investor interest as other asset classes, despite... Read more continue reading

SQM Research releases 2016 Property Securities Sector Review

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SQM Research has analysed six funds as part of its 2016 Global Property Securities Fund Review. The six funds rated that form part of this report are: BT Wholesale Property... Read more continue reading

SMSF research highlights the need for diversification, opportunity for advice

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Market volatility and uncertainty have had a marked impact on how Australians with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) approach investing, according to the nation’s most comprehensive research into SMSF trustees and their advisers.... Read more continue reading

BAEP funds rated ‘Highly Recommended’ by Zenith

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For the fifth consecutive year, Zenith Investment Partners has awarded a Highly Recommended rating to both the Bennelong Australian Equities Fund (Bennelong Core Fund) and the Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities... Read more continue reading