FUND MANAGER
Funds management
Market volatility helped finalists in the fixed interest category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards achieve some impressive performance. John Wilkinson reports....
Financial planning
A firm industry presence and successful network of financial planners has emerged as the standout features for the top three finalists in Money Management/Assirt’s FMOTY ...
Financial planning
Assirt chief executive Krystyna Weston has announced her departure from the research house to take up the role of head of retail distribution with AMP Henderson Global In...
Funds management
Macquarie has launched an Australian equities product as part of its True Index product range....
Financial planning
When Greg Perry announced his departure from CFS, DOMINIC McCORMICK says a vintage exhibition of marketing muscle and finesse left many research houses dancing to the inv...
Financial planning
Running a successful hedge fund is not a black art according to a leading US hedge fund manager. JOHN WILKINSON outlines some of the secrets to running a successful hedge...
People & Products
Assirt chief executive Krystyna Weston has announced her departure from the research house to take up the role of head of retail distribution with AMP Henderson Global In...
Financial planning
Sealcorp will relaunch its flagship master trust in May with the addition of a wrap facility, separately managed accounts and increased rebates on fund manager fees....
Financial planning
Van Eyk Research says BT Funds Management has been slow to utilise its connections with US parent, Principal, but that the fund manager is at last making steps in the rig...
Financial planning
HSBC’s overall three star rating from Morningstar has survived a review by the research house which had scaled down the majority of the fund manager’s qualitive ratings....
Financial planning
Merill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) has created an internal research division focusing on the delivery and service of research to investment consultants and research ...
Financial planning
Looking back, Grant Abbott, the chief executive of The Strategist Group (TSG), is not sure exactly when things started to go so wrong with his business, all he knows is t...
Financial planning
BT Funds Management (BTFM) will expand its international capabilities with the addition of small number of Australian analysts in the group’s investment offices in Singap...
Financial planning
Research house Morningstar has maintained a downgrade on Colonial First State’s flagship Australian equities fund, the Imputation Fund, following the announcement last we...
Superannuation
Macquarie has become the second Australian fund manager to include a geared option in an investment vehicle, following the roll out yesterday of its new superannuation in...
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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...