FUND MANAGER

Financial planning

Australian equities have become the star performers of many portfolios in the past 12 months, and every day the market gets stronger. But, like all good things, it has to...

Financial planning

The mid-cap stocks enjoyed strong growth in 2004, and have been a favoured sector for investors, but should that be the only sector which investors focus on? The simple a...

Financial planning

It is a cruel irony that last year’s outperformance of the Australian equities sector should give few clues to fund manager performance during 2004 and the 12 months ahea...

Editorial

In late 2003, I wrote an article which pointed out some of the flaws in the new listed investment companies (LICs) floating at the time, and predicted that investors’ hig...

Funds management

Mariner Financial has become the latest fund manager to launch an American property trust, the Mariner American Property Income Trust, which it claims will target high-yi...

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is bringing the highly diversified investment approach, philosophy and process of its US-based Global Allocation Fund to the Australian ...

Editorial

Picking a fund manager that will consistently outperform over the long-term is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And while advisers have greater acc...

Financial planning

The rise of platforms is killing off small funds managers, with advisers today placing only half the assets direct with managers that they did three years ago....

Financial planning

In a harbinger of what is expected to be a bumper year for timber schemes, Northern Tropical Timbers expects to launch a new project in September after achieving its sale...

Financial planning

Portfolio Partners’ Richard Dixon will succeed Chris Kourtis as portfolio manager of the ‘high conviction’ Elite Opportunities Trust, following yesterday’s resignation of...

Funds management

ING Investment Management has appointed Justin Blaess as listed property and infrastructure director, effective from today....

Editorial

Money Management spoke to the stars of the international equities category of this year’s Fund Manager of the Year Awards about their views on investing in the global mar...

Financial planning

Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....

Financial planning

Concern that in-house products were too heavily represented on Citigroup Asset Management’s corporate super master trust has prompted the fund manager to appoint the spec...

Superannuation

No one has been particularly surprised at the recent clash which has erupted between industry and retail super funds over the issue of choice, but the DIY super sector ha...

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

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

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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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