FUND MANAGER

Financial planning

Economic expectations revealing positive future prospects for the Australian dollar, along with the arrival of currency hedged funds, could mean international currency in...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments has pulled out of New Zealand and transferred responsibility for distributing its funds to fellow Commonwealth Bank subsidiary, Sovereign...

Financial planning

Lonsec has reviewed the BT Small Companies Fund and has awarded the fund a ‘recommended’ rating....

Financial planning

Two ex-employees of major research houses, Angela Ashton and Amanda Crowley, have set up their own independent research group, Investment Research Solutions (IRS)....

Financial planning

Gearing is not for all investors, and advisers that recommend gearing inappropriately should expect to face the consequences. GEOFF DAVEY looks at the fate of the client,...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management has won the InvestorWeb Research Six Star Fund Manager of the Year Award, ahead of Macquarie Investment Management and Perpetual Investments.....

Editorial

The investment projections of some fund managers lack basic ingredients, writes DOMINIC McCORMICK....

Editorial

Efficient market theory does work according to Kevin Bailey who writes that the problem actually lies in the advice and research clients receive....

Financial planning

Australian Unity is to set up its own financial planning arm, with Garrisons providing the back-office support....

Financial planning

The former managing director of Morningstar, Graham Rich, has signed joint venture agreements with Plan-for-Life and Resnik Communications, as part of the role out of his...

Financial planning

Investors Mutual has launched two new Australian share funds in the wake of its win in the Australian equities category of the Money Management / Assirt Fund Manager of t...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management came from almost nowhere to win this year’s Fund Manager of the Year award. DAVID HOVENDEN spoke to John Larum and Colin Woods about the group...

Editorial

It has not been in my nature to forecast the future but I would like to indulge in a bit of future gazing. A debate that started in this august journal last year was the ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments raked in more than $934 million in retail fund inflows over the March quarter, almost $400 million more than its nearest competitor, AMP,...

Financial planning

InvestorWeb Research has tightened up its review process after breaking down the review of asset classes into specific sub categories, resulting in more regular review me...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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