FUND MANAGER

Financial planning

The consensus of thought on the current crisis of adviser credibility in financial planning seems to be “sit tight and ride out the storm”. But is it enough? Keith Peel r...

Financial planning

International rating and investment data group Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today formally launched Australian Fund Management Ratings - a rating and research tool aimed at fi...

Financial planning

Equities have been a stable of portfolios for investors for many years, but maybe it’s time to stay out of equities argues Tom Collins....

Financial planning

Morningstar has downgraded AMP’s overall manager rating from four to three stars, following a combination of downgrades to forward-looking qualitative ratings and declini...

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting has launched a retail investment research platform targeted specifically at the financial planning market, in direct competition with other p...

Financial planning

Alternative investment fund manager Absolute Capital has made significant changes to its investment team, with group managing director Deon Joubert picking up the role of...

Editorial

The industry is full of elephants, says Rob Keavney, but the elephants’ days are numbered....

Financial planning

Consistent performance combined with low volatility enabled Basis Capital to be rated the top InvestorWeb six star fund manager for hedge funds....

Financial planning

The jury may be out on the wisdom of putting clients into margin lending – but all the signs say that this will be one product that will see increasing demand in coming m...

Financial planning

InvestorWeb Research has named the managers it considers worthy of receiving its six star ratings and at the head of the pack is UBS Global Asset management (GAM) which h...

Financial planning

Macquarie Wrap Solutions has struck a deal with van Eyk Research to utilise the latter’s Blueprint series of funds across its two platforms - the high net worth Macquarie...

Financial planning

Two former IWL executives, David Wright and David Smythe, have launched a new research consulting business - Zenith Investment Partners - six months after being dismissed...

Financial planning

The Assirt research house has released a ‘strong’ rating for two fund managers to which BT Funds Management is now outsourcing its management in the areas of internationa...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is pursuing court action against an individual it deems a serial securities offender, after alleging the man i...

Financial planning

Perpetual Investments has emerged as the strongest smaller companies fund manager in Morningstar’s new Australian Equities Smaller Companies qualitative sector strength r...

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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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