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Aviva Investors Listed Property Fund rated Recommended by Lonsec

Mon, 21 Dec 2009

Lonsec has recently awarded the Aviva Investors Listed Property Fund a ‘Recommended’ rating following its review of the Australian Property Securities sector. This is Lonsec’s second highest rating, and according to Lonsec the rating is underpinned by Aviva Investors’ "…consistent adherence to style, robust peer review process and stable team". The new Lonsec rating builds on the excellent 4.25 star rating from Adviser Edge and the recent ‘Three Stars’* rating from Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

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