Confidence in global markets continues to rise

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The Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index shows investors even more determined to go global The number of leading investors planning to increase their exposure to overseas assets rose in July,... Read more continue reading

Two BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec ‘Recommended Index’ ratings

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BetaShares has been awarded two further ‘Recommended Index’ ratings from Lonsec with Australia’s first fundamental index ETF being rated for the first time while the BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF was... Read more continue reading

van Eyk filters out one third of funds in its new Australian Equities Review

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van Eyk has awarded five funds its top AA rating from a strong pack in its Australian Equities Review 2013 after one third of funds failed to clear the first... Read more continue reading

CANSTAR issues rate movements and commentary ahead of Tuesday’s RBA announcement

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Commenting ahead of the RBA announcement, Mitchell Watson, Research Manager for CANSTAR said: “Last week Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens gave a speech in which he called the end to... Read more continue reading

Tyndall concentrated fund recommended by Zenith

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Zenith Investment Partners has given a ‘recommended’* rating to the Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Fund. Tyndall AM launched the fund in May this year to the retail market, although the... Read more continue reading

Australian listed property securities funds – the year of absolute recovery

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Investment research house Lonsec Research Pty Ltd (Lonsec) said Australian listed property securities funds have seen a strong recovery in performance across the Lonsec peer group over the last 12... Read more continue reading

Zenith 2013 Infrastructure Sector Review

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The Listed Infrastructure sector performed very strongly over the past 12 months, with S&P Global Infrastructure Index returning over 20%. Zenith noted that “all nine funds that achieved a rating... Read more continue reading

Credit risk rating spotlights new opportunities for investors

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A credit default model that improves on conventional credit ratings, involves deep analysis of key financial ratios and gives as much weight to predicting negative events as positive ones, is... Read more continue reading

Australians are the world’s most loyal share traders

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Investment Trends has released the first ever Global Online Broking Report, covering the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, France and Singapore.  Over 92,000 investors took part, making it by... Read more continue reading

Lonsec and Milliman to target outcomes-led retirement advice solutions

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Investment research house Lonsec and global actuarial and consulting firm Milliman today announced they have embarked on an initiative to focus on the evolving retirement income landscape in Australia. “This... Read more continue reading