FUND MANAGERS

Financial planning

Australia did not experience the dramatic downturn experienced by other markets during the global financial crisis, but neither has it enjoyed the massive upswings. This ...

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Financial planning

Boutique fund managers have questioned the results of research released by Datamonitor showing that 80 per cent of independent investors would only buy assets from large ...

People & Products

Equity Trustees has continued to strengthen its recently restructured corporate fiduciary and financial services division with the creation of the roles of national manag...

Funds management

The majority of fund managers around the world expect their company’s return on equity to remain below pre-crisis levels, while many are increasing their focus on c...

People & Products

Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed Alex Ihlenfeldt to the role of chief operating officer (COO) as the firm expands its capacity and grows its third party distr...

Financial planning

Equity Trustees restructures to better accommodate responsible entity issues....

Financial planning

Increased turnover is expected in financial services as specialists take their bonuses and run....

Editorial

China leads the field when it comes to emerging markets, but there are some attractive alternatives in the sector. Benjamin Levy reports....

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Funds management

A law firm has initiated a class action against the agricultural manufacturer, Nufarm, backed by fund managers and super funds....

Funds management

An overwhelming majority of the total new Australian managed funds launched in 2010 were not new investment strategies, according to research house Morningstar....

Funds management

International asset manager Threadneedle has attracted fund managers from Goldman Sachs and Aberdeen Asset Management to join its global emerging markets equities and fix...

Financial planning

New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...

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Editorial

Justin Delaney explains why the current debate over financial advice remuneration models means the industry is in danger of losing sight of the purpose of wrap platforms....

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Superannuation

Fund managers should start shifting their approach to considering what investors need rather than carving up the market when developing products, according to Legg Mason ...

Financial planning

Aberdeen’s Stuart James claims benchmarking can leave investors short on handy exposures....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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