FUND MANAGER

Editorial

Edwina Best and Amanda Rethus discuss the importance of researchers to the financial services industry and your business....

Editorial

Robert Keavney considers the active versus passive funds management debate and concludes that both sides’ arguments are too simplistic....

Financial planning

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief Pauline Vamos is concerned that financial planners aren't responding to different retirement phases with dif...

Editorial

Alena Miles considers what lies ahead in super and retirement income streams, particularly in light of three major Government policy reviews....

Funds management

Pengana Capital’s Asian Equities Long Short Fund is now accessible as a retail fund, having previously only been open to wholesale investors....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched civil action against the directors and companies involved in the collapse of the MFS group of companies....

Editorial

Performance graphs can be misleading, warns Rob Keavney, who explains how fund managers and others can create false impressions of investment performance....

Financial planning

Complex products preventing planners from taking advantage of market upswings....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is considering placing a cap on the commissions its advisers can receive for recommending investment products....

Financial planning

The six largest institutionally-owned dealer groups place an average 73 per cent of their clients' super products with their own parent company, with the top three placin...

Financial planning

Japanese fund manager Nomura Asset Management will be launching a retail China fund in Australia next month....

Funds management

Boutique property fund manager Amici Funds Management has launched its first direct property investment fund with the purchase of an office building in Sydney....

Financial planning

Short-term returns are not compelling for investors, while volatility remains key issue to consider when investing in small cap funds....

Financial planning

Russell Investments has appointed value fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors to manage a portion of its Russell Australian Shares Fund....

Financial planning

Share markets will not sustain recent gains and will fall to pre-2003 levels....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 3 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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