FUND MANAGER

Rate the raters

The last 12 months were as turbulent for research houses as for the managers they rate and, as Jason Spits writes, this was reflected in the second annual Rate the Raters...

Rate the raters

Rating processes are usually a point of contention and as Ben Abbott writes, this year’s Rating the Raters survey was no exception....

Financial planning

Recent damning television reports about the industry may not be all they seem, says Nick Bruining....

Financial planning

AXA chief executive officer Les Owen says that despite all the recent bad news the outlook for the Australian wealth management market looks good....

Rate the raters

Whichever way you cut the data, van Eyk Research beats the other research houses hands down. Julie Bennett reports....

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting is set to produce publicly available fund manager and product ratings, a move that could see the group in direct competition with the likes o...

Financial planning

The $55 million Macquarie Small Companies Fund has been placed on hold by ratings-house Lonsec following the resignation of small cap portfolio manager Darryl Paul late l...

Financial planning

Australian boutique fund manager Select Asset Management has announced a joint venture with European hedge fund manager Aspect Capital to increase its absolute return foc...

Funds management

Australian Unity will suspend inflows into its Healthcare Property Trust for up to six months as the fund has fallen victim to its own success according to the fund mana...

Financial planning

Not many fund managers can claim to have escaped the industry shake-out over the past two years. But Macquarie Funds Management is one of them. Simon Segal reports....

Funds management

Hedge Funds of Australia managing director Spencer Young has hit back at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) over concerns voiced by the regulator last ...

Financial planning

The issue of ownership is back on the agenda after recent industry surveys but, as Jason Spits reports, the more things change, the more they stay the same....

Financial planning

If you believe the FSRA will cure the financial services industry’s ills, then Tom Collins invites you to look for the fairies at the bottom of the garden....

Funds management

Boutique property fund manager MacarthurCook is poised to achieve its back-door Australian Stock Exchange listing after shareholders in Local Telecom and Internet agreed ...

Financial planning

Fledgling value manager 452 Capital has been given an overall ‘Buy’ rating for its Australian share product offering in InvestorWeb Research’s first ever review of the co...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week 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 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week 1 day ago

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...

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

1 week 6 days ago