The fall in the value of blue-chip stocks, now at a two-year low, is creating good buying opportunities for investors, says Portfolio Partners joint managing director Kei...
Performance incentives used to be the bastion of the senior executive, but now the concept is filtering through to funds management groups....
In a further sign of specialisation towards a market segment Perpetual Investments has rolled out a fund focusing on a small number of shares....
“Whatever may be said on the quality of my chairmanship, I was certainly not a great secretary.” Former FPA chief Russell McKimm modestly accepts his distinguished servic...
Financial planning co-operative Fiducian Portfolio Services is to bring forward the date for its listing to capitalise on the high prices currently being offered for fina...
What’s in a master trust? Quite a bit, if you believe most of the hype written about them....
Details have emerged of a $600,000 fraud in AMP Asset Management’s Melbourne office. Last December, Financial Synergy found a $200,000 anomaly in its Top Quartile Superan...
Internet, television and mobile phones will be playing a major role in e-commerce in the next few years, , says Perennial Partners managing director Ian Macoun....
Invesco Asset Management Australia is to beef up its distribution and marketing teams in the wake of the decision to relocate its Australian investment management busines...
Lend Lease Investment Management (LLIM) is to outsource its Australian equities management capabilities, in a move designed to cement its manager of managers approach....
The rapid growth of technology has seen falls in the cost of services and a growth in information, which in the financial services industry is well evidenced by the explo...
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...