Emerging markets offer significant alpha opportunities for active managers

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Lonsec encourages investors to include specialist allocation within global equity portfolios Emerging markets (EM) equities have delivered strong returns over the long term, despite heightened volatility compared to developed markets,

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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

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Infrastructure funds help investors tap into equity like returns with lower volatility

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Lonsec says global infrastructure securities sector will continue to grow Investment research house Lonsec Research (Lonsec) said global infrastructure securities has delivered equity like returns with lower volatility over recent

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Smart beta ETFs a cost efficient way to target volatility

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Investment research house Lonsec is of the view that Australia can expect the market for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) tracking ‘smart beta’ or non-traditional indices to grow in popularity in

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Is risk just another four letter word?

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Specialist research house Lonsec has highlighted risk as a key theme emerging from its most recent review of the Global Equity Funds sector.  Since the GFC, risk – or investor

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Small caps rebound with 6.6% return

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Research house Lonsec said small companies posted modest gains of 6.6% during 2012, a welcome improvement on the negative 21% returns of the 2011 year. The majority of managers in

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Global listed property outperforms global equities by 8.6%

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Research house Lonsec said global listed property had outperformed the majority of major asset classes during 2012, driven largely by investors seeking yield and a general preference for defensive sectors.

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Lonsec tool helps advisers to evaluate super offerings

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Specialist investment research provider Lonsec, in partnership with superannuation research company SuperRatings, has released the Lonsec super comparator tool. The tool is the first offering from a range of integrated solutions

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The search for yield from high dividend ETFs is on

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Specialist investment research house Lonsec said the search for yield has fast made its way into the ETF space, but warns investors to be aware of what they are really

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Lonsec welcomes ASIC’s updated policy guidance

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Research house Lonsec believes the release of ASIC’s updated Regulatory Guide 79 Research report providers: Improving the quality of investment research will further support efforts to ‘raise the bar’ on

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