Zenith rates BlackRock Fixed Income GlobalAlpha Fund

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Zenith rates BlackRock Fixed Income GlobalAlpha Fund Highly Recommended. The Fund offers to investors an exposure to global fixed income markets through an active, systematic, quantitative investment process. Institutional-grade risk management

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Zenith rates the OCTIS Asia Pacific Fund Recommended

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OCTIS Asset Management (the “Manager”) is an Asian multi-strategy hedge fund manager that offers the OCTIS Asia Pacific Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund uses a combination of strategies with the

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Lonsec upgrades Bennelong’s ex-20 fund rating to ‘Recommended’

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The Bennelong ex-20 Australian Equities Fund (the Fund) has been awarded a ‘Recommended’ rating by Lonsec, an upgrade from the Fund’s previous ‘Investment Grade’ rating. The Fund is managed by

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Zenith reaffirms rating on Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust

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The Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) is a sector specific, open-ended unlisted property trust representing a mature fund within the sector with a solid established track record. Strategically placed to provide

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MLC Australian Share Fund rating unaffected following manager changes

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today stated that its three-star rating on the MLC Wholesale Australian Share Fund is unchanged following significant changes to the fund’s underlying manager line-up.  The

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Zenith 2012 Global Long/Short Equities Sector Release

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Zenith has completed its 2012 Global Long/Short Equities Review. From an initial universe of 34 Domestic Long/Short Funds Zenith has rated 3 funds “Highly Recommended”, 14 funds “Recommended” and 1

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Lonsec global emerging markets review

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Emerging market investors have endured a rocky ride over the last 12 months. For those true believers in the merits of an expanding emerging markets allocation, the unpleasant view of

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Concentration of managers evident in Lonsec’s 2011 Global Long/Short Sector Review

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Lonsec’s review of the Global Equity Long/Short sector encompassed 15 funds now allocated into two categories – Global (11 funds) and regional Asia (four funds). Of these two global products

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S&P cautious on listed infrastructure

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services today released its ratings on its Listed Infrastructure sector, affirming ratings on nine funds, upgrading one, assigning two new ratings, and withdrawing its rating on

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Lonsec releases its 2011 Income Funds Sector Review

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Lonsec’s 2011 review of the Income Funds sector spanned both traditional income and alternative income products. Libby Newman, Senior Investment Analyst responsible for this sector commented, “Traditional income funds include

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