Lonsec releases 2010 Alternative Income Sector Review

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Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Alternative Income Sector Review, which consisted of 21 funds encompassing Alternative Income and Alternative Income (High). Of these, two Alternative Income funds received a... Read more continue reading

The Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey

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Better performing markets see Trustees taking profits To get a closer insight into where SMSF trustees invest, Multiport regularly undertakes an analysis of our SMSFs investments to look at the... Read more continue reading

Emerging markets, emerging opportunities

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Lonsec recently completed its 2010 review of the Global Emerging Markets and Regional Equities sector following review meetings held in March and April. Duncan Knight, Senior Investment Analyst, recounts some... Read more continue reading

Update – Australian unlisted direct property funds

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The Australian unlisted direct property market has not escaped the credit squeeze, impact of rising interest rates, corrections in the global property markets and sharemarket volatility. These adverse factors have... Read more continue reading

Sector ETFs Take ETF Strategies to a More Active Level Including Core/Satellite and Sector Rotation Strategies

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With a sector ETF, investors can take ETF strategies to a more active level. Sector ETFs buy the sector, rather than the individual stocks, and gain an appropriately weighted interest... Read more continue reading

SMSF Use of Sector ETFs Likely to Follow the Success of Broader Passive Investments

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For the first time in Australia, investors can take a view on a particular market sector such as Resources, Financials or Energy. With a sector ETF, investors can simply buy... Read more continue reading

Lonsec releases Australian and Global Equity Responsible Investment sector review

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Lonsec’s annual Review of Responsible Investment Funds covered seven Australian equity and three global equity funds. Lonsec awarded its premier ‘Highly Recommended’ rating to two Australian Equity Funds – BT... Read more continue reading

Ignore the confusion in global markets to find outstanding opportunities

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One could be excused for feeling that recent global equity market activity is overly confusing. The bipolar combination of market euphoria today, and despair tomorrow, repeats itself over and over.... Read more continue reading

Fund Credit Quality Rating On Perennial Cash Enhanced Fund Withdrawn

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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced today that it has withdrawn its ‘AAf’ fund credit quality rating on the Perennial Cash Enhanced Fund. The rating has been withdrawn at the... Read more continue reading

S&P Assigns Four-Star ‘NEW’ Rating to AXA Emerging Markets Fund

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today assigned its four-star ‘NEW’ rating to the AXA Emerging Markets Fund. The fund is a long-only active equity strategy that was launched on July... Read more continue reading