It is best practice to launch a business venture already knowing who your target market is. GEORGE LIONDIS spoke to ClearView’s general manager, John Cowan, about doing j...
Ever since exchange traded funds (ETFs) arrived in Australia in late 2000, there has been a flurry of interest by both product providers and investors. MARTIN GOLD and PA...
Since the news of the purchase of van Eyk Research by William M Mercer, as reported by Money Management last week, hit the market the question has been raised as to wheth...
The Top 50 Distributors is based on the research for the <i>Money Management</i> Top 100 Dealer Groups report from late last year....
The fortunes of accounting and financial services group Stockford have continued to wane after it announced yet another profit loss last week....
The words ethics and integrity seem to sit comfortably alongside the work of research groups. But, as GEORGE LIONDIS reports, funds managers paint an entirely different p...
Following a poor rating, fund managers are the first to criticise a research house’s approach as either too qualitative or quantitative in its focus. However, as FIONA MO...
<i>Money Management</i><i>’</i><i>s </i>‘Rating the Raters’ survey was carried out in conjunction with Tom Collins from the Tom Collins Consultancy....
KATE KACHOR explores the research process and finds facts still speak louder than words....
Research houses have not met the expectations of fund managers in the key areas of ethics, integrity and disclosure according to results from the <i>Money Management Rati...
Funds managers are not as hardline in their attitudes towards research houses compared to nine years ago. FIONA MOORE compares the survey results and the responses of fun...
Despite rating the value that research houses provide as high, funds managers are not clear on how the research market differentiates itself, and as a result, who is best...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...