Lonsec releases 2010 Australian and Global Long/Short Sector Reviews

From

Lonsec has released its 2010 Sector Reviews covering Australian and global long/short funds. Twelve Australian equity long/short funds were reviewed, with three attaining Lonsec’s highest rating of “Highly Recommended” –

continue reading

Lonsec releases its 2010 Australian Property Securities Funds Sector Review

From

Lonsec’s 2010 review of the Australian Property Securities sector included 19 funds, of which only one attained Lonsec’s top rating, Highly Recommended. This was the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund.

continue reading

Economic Value Added

From

At the heart of successful investing is the question of the valuation of assets. It is often possible to make money from low quality assets if they can be bought

continue reading

Personal Investment Policy Statements

From

It is standard practice for professional fund managers to prepare an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) to guide investment decisions and to force them to be clear about exactly what the

continue reading

Pre-open pricing on the ASX

From

Managing an orderly market and ensuring that share prices are not able to be manipulated by participants seeking an unfair advantage over others are important functions of the Australian Securities

continue reading

Sharia compliant finance

From

Several actions by the Government recently have revealed an intention to facilitate the expansion of the opportunities for Islamic finance in Australia. On 15 January the Johnson Report (“Australia as

continue reading

Warrant Fundamentals

From

Financial planners do not typically provide much advice on direct derivative strategies, wisely leaving this type of activity to specialists within stock-broking firms. Some clients, however, may benefit from the

continue reading

Active vs Passive funds – the debate continues…

From

Overview The debate over active versus passive management is not a new one. In the 1960s the world saw Eugene Fama develop the theory of the efficient market hypothesis and

continue reading