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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is bringing the highly diversified investment approach, philosophy and process of its US-based Global Allocation Fund to the Australian ...
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...
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....
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...
Portfolio Partners’ Richard Dixon will succeed Chris Kourtis as portfolio manager of the ‘high conviction’ Elite Opportunities Trust, following yesterday’s resignation of...
ING Investment Management has appointed Justin Blaess as listed property and infrastructure director, effective from today....
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...
Boutique Australian equity manager Prime Value has secured its first listings on two retail platforms....
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...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...