ACTIVE managers use different investment styles with the aim of outperforming the market. In the US, ‘value’ and ‘growth’ are two of the key styles used by fund managers ...
Investment consultant Dominic McCormick has linked up with the European based Gottex group to launch a new boutique funds management organisation....
BT Funds management has dropped the fees on its flagship BT Australian Share Fund under threat of a sell rating from the van Eyk Research group....
With an influx of new players into financial planning, NICK BRUINING reckons its time to check the definitions of some well-known industry terms, just to put the newcomer...
The business management and operating capability of Absolute Capital Limited (ACL) has been assessed as “competent” by research house Assirt....
Competition amongst Australia’s providers of retail funds management research is set to intensify, with two minor players renewing their push for a bigger slice of the bu...
THE Merrill Lynch Investment Management group commands more loyalty from its customers than all other fund managers, even though it accounts for less than one per cent of...
The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...
Invesco Australia has appointed Gordon Glasfurd to the position of retail sales manager in NSW....
AM Corporation has brought in a consulting firm to help it decide on its next strategic direction which could include putting itself on the market for a suitable buyer....
WHILE it was the year Money Management was born, most people’s strongest memories centre around market upheavals – the 1987 sharemarket crash in particular....
My experience with Money Management began in 1993 when I walked into the offices of Australian Financial Press. I was an advertising executive who didn’t know the differe...
Fledgling property fund manager MacarthurCook has launched a bid to take control of listed property developer Lion Equities....
As the banks move into financial services in a big way, most notably with Westpac’s acquisition of BT, conventional wisdom says that big is better. TOM COLLINS begs to di...
Most Australians are not ready for choice of superannuation fund despite the Government’s most recent attempt to put the policy firmly back on the agenda, a survey conduc...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...