AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES
Funds management
The international and domestic sharemarkets were already suffering significant losses prior to the negative impact of the terrorist attacks in the US, according to result...
Financial planning
Tower Managed Funds now shares the same status as Tyndall as a one star fund manager, after Morningstar announced a downgrade yesterday....
Financial planning
Challenger has signed off the year to June 30 on a positive note with an after tax profit increase of 91 per cent....
Financial planning
Rothschild and ING have become the latest major name fund managers to join the long line of managers embracing ethical investments....
Financial planning
When the Dimensional Value fund hit the top rung of the performance ladder for the year to May 31, the financial services industry let out a collective cry of surprise. J...
Financial planning
Former Deutsche Asset Management investment director Gary Burke has moved across to Zurich Scudder Investments (ZSI) to take on the newly created role of Australian head ...
Financial planning
Hartley Poynton and Sealcorp have announced a co-branding deal which will result in Hartley Poynton offering Sealcorp products to its clients...
Funds management
BNP Paribas Asset Management has listed Australia’s first actively managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s)....
Financial planning
A review of the Managed Investments Act is to be undertaken by Malcolm Turnbull, financial services minister Joe Hockey announced in Melbourne this morning....
Financial planning
The huge number of investors who turned to international share funds last year will be licking their wounds when they are informed of performance numbers for the past fin...
Financial planning
BT Funds Management has begun a concerted campaign to win-back adviser confidence in its investment skills, says chief investment officer Gary Symons....
Financial planning
Assirt has given the thumbs up to AXA’s funds management business in its first research findings since AXA signed the joint venture with Alliance Capital Management in Oc...
Financial planning
Signs of a bull and bear market emerged in May when both Australian shares and listed property were the top performing asset classes for the month....
Financial planning
Research by Partnership Planning debunks the notion put out by index managers that actively managed funds do not consistently outperform the index, even after the higher ...
Financial planning
Ethical investing has been pushed even further to the forefront with a UK-based financial planning group, specialising in ethical investments, launching its Australian op...
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