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Are we promising high and delivering low?

Most advisers promise ongoing service at their initial meetings with clients. However, as Rob Keavney points out, a large number fail to deliver on that promise....

Editorial

Count profit slightly off

Count Financial has slightly downgraded forecast profit for this financial year, saying operating income may be 15 per cent down on the $6.4 million predicted in the grou...

Editorial

Macquarie profits up by 15 per cent

Macquarie’s overall profits of $242 million in the year to March 31 announced today included a loss of around 3 per cent made by its fledgling financial services group (F...

Editorial

Hedge funds fail the asset class test

As the push into defensive assets continues while markets head south, neglected asset classes continue to attract more of the spotlight. However Rob Keavney argues not al...

Editorial

Do your clients get value for money?

At initial meetings, most financial planners at least imply they will provide ongoing service to their clients. Rob Keavney reckons there is a large body of planners that...

Editorial

Do fund managers justify their fees?

Asset consultants, research houses and financial planners sometimes argue that fund managers rarely outperform their benchmark index. The question is then asked why we pa...

Editorial

Property funds shine in falling equity markets

As always, developments in the equity market have had a powerful influence on the investment decisions made by fund managers specialising in property. With the slower equ...

Editorial

Strength in volatile markets pays dividends

The world over it has been a particularly volatile period in fixed-interest markets. ...

Editorial

Europeans build strong foothold in Aussie market

The success of Credit Suisse and UBS Asset Management in this year’s Money Management Assirt Fund Manager of the Year awards marks a significant turning point for the Aus...

Editorial

Do equities always outperform in the long run?

Many financial planners have at best dim memories of the major corrections of 1994 and 1987. Rob Keavney believes some of these advisers are putting their clients into hi...

Editorial

HP JDV makes nine month loss

Financial services technology group HP JDV lost more than $13 million in the nine months to March 31....

Editorial

Deakin reports massive loss

Deakin Financial Services has reported a total net loss of more than eight million dollars in the group’s six monthly results, as posted on the Australian Stock Exchange ...