As hedge funds become ever more popular, a dazzling array of options are becoming available. LACHLAN GILBERT takes a look at these options and how they operate in the mar...
What was once an investment class largely ignored by Australian investors has now emerged as a market contender. KATE KACHOR examines the rise and future of hedge funds....
The increasing attention on hedge funds marks the growing popularity of this alternative investment class and, as NICOLE SZOLLOS writes, recent data suggests continuing g...
Growing a business by 40 per cent per annum over the past four years is by anybody’s measure, an impressive result. It is a result that Bill O’Sullivan, chief executive o...
Since the events of September 11, unfolded less than 12 months ago, a staggering $US10 trillion has been erased from global markets, a figure approximately equivalent to ...
There’s nothing quite like getting to know your clients intimately as a way of truly servicing their needs and expectations. But just how intimately should a planner go?...
The take-up of individually managed accounts (IMAs) in Australia will not be as great as the US experience, says HSBC Asset Management head of retail Rick Villars, who sa...
Invesco has promoted John Ryan, formerly a member of its clients services team, to head up its retail sales, servicing intermediaries in Victoria and South Australia....
St George has opened the way for its margin lending clients and their financial advisers to enter the murky depths of call options....
Perpetual Investments has taken a step away from its key man approach to the management of its flagship Australian equities fund, the Perpetual Industrial Share Fund, in ...
The AM Securitised Traded Policies Trust No 1 has been downgraded by ratings house Standard and Poor’s (S&P), following the recent lowering of AMP Life’s counterparty cre...
Independent dealer group Professional Investment Services (PIS) has expanded its research offering by signing up Lonsdale Securities and Van Eyk as preferred research sup...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...