Research house Mercer will assist the AIOFP to establish its new research committee, which will provide investment research and construct an approved product list for the...

Structuring management fees so there are high upfront fees and inadequate ongoing fees has been the key to the failure of many tax-driven primary production managed inves...

The Australian Securities Exchange yesterday launched a link to the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners on its website, aimed at encouraging users to us...

"Considerable evidence is mounting" that investors have entered a 'twilight zone' in March this year, according to Matthew Sherwood, Perpetual Investments’ senior manager...

Australian super fund trustees should prepare for a flood of new regulation out of the US in the wake of the financial crisis....

Fund managers believe capital flows into emerging markets will recover before developed markets after the global financial crisis, according to a Standard & Poor's survey...

The use of electronic-traded funds (ETFs) across all asset classes has increased significantly over the past three years, notably within the equity universe where their u...

The listed agribusiness sector delivered a 3.7 per cent return in the month to May 15, despite ongoing elevated volatility, according to the Commonwealth Bank Agri Indica...

Recognising correlation breakdowns between asset classes would be the key to benefitting from any upswing in global markets, according to Philippe Jauer, Credit Agricole'...

A number of financial services companies, including advice firms, could have to review their employee share options for next year in line with the Federal Budget provisio...