FUND MANAGER
People & Products
Boutique fund manager Lodestar Capital Partners has appointed two new senior staff to its expanding equities research team....
Funds management
Perpetual Investment Management has formed a partnership with US hedge fund manager Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC under which Ramius will advise Perpetual on its hedge...
Financial planning
Morningstar has completed research on the fixed interest sector and new ratings, which include five ratings upgrades as well as two downgrades....
Life/Risk
High upfront insurance commissions result in a dramatic overselling of products to people who cannot afford it, according to former Money Management Financial Planner of ...
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After a disastrous 2008, fund managers staged a dramatic recovery last year. Chris Kennedy takes a look at fund manager performance in 2009 and the factors that prompted ...
Editorial
Dominic McCormick explains why it is time to increase the heat on the frozen funds littering the mortgage, high yield, property and hedge fund sectors....
Funds management
Former Macquarie bank fund manager, Oswyn de Silva, has been restrained after trying to leave Australia in breach of court orders....
People & Products
Boutique fund manager Instreet has appointed Sam Harris as a relationship manager for New South Wales, strengthening its distribution team....
Financial planning
New evidence has emerged pointing to the seemingly unconventional relationship between the AIOFP and the now defunct fund manager Trio Capital, formerly known as Astarra ...
Financial planning
Australia will be vulnerable to a second financial crisis if interest rates continue to rise, according to a leading equity strategist....
Funds management
Scores of fund managers struck out on their own earlier this decade, leaving institutional homes to make their own fortunes in boutique companies. So why are many now jum...
Editorial
Have the recent issues raised by Trio Capital (formally Astarra/Absolute Alpha) created a mini-Madoff affair? Dominick McCormick investigates....
Financial planning
The Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) is lobbying key regulatory and administrative stakeholders over the management of now defunct fund manag...
Funds management
The right fund manager with a good skills set should be the priority before the concentration of a fund is considered, according to Standard & Poor's....
People & Products
van Eyk Research has appointed Chris Bigg and Ming Chen as senior investment analyst and investment analyst, respectively....
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...