While SRIs have been an attractive option for many investors, the honeymoon may well be over. KATE KACHOR reports on what effect the current insurance crisis and the publ...
In an industry that has adopted ‘diversity’ as its mantra, KATE KACHOR found it wasn’t hard to find differing opinions when asking industry experts to pick sides in the r...
Who will pay for the costs of implementing the Financial Services Reform Act is a question that has been lost in the noise of the rollout of the Act. JASON SPITS examines...
The success of Australia’s Listed Property Trust (LPT) sector is driving the products, and those who invest in them, increasingly offshore. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox has called for a comprehensive review of “soft dollar revenues” across the financial services industry....
Barclays Global Investors Australia is the first cab off the rank for Morningstar’s new qualitative rating process, and was graded with an overall score of four, meaning ...
Investors in socially responsible investments (SRI) will lose about 0.7 per cent per year on their investments compared to mainstream investments according to a report re...
Investors in socially responsible investments (SRI) will lose about 0.7 per cent per year on their investments compared to mainstream investments according to a report re...
A turf war between fund managers in New Zealand has triggered intervention from the Securities Commission....
With the expectation that master trust fees will come down at some point in the future, master trust providers are turning their attention to marketing campaigns as a way...
There used to be one name for fund managers who pooled money to invest with a range of fund managers. So what happened? FIONA MOORE reports on the rise of the multi-manag...
A fair days wage for a fair days work is still the catchcry for most working people but does the same apply to the financial services industry. Jason Spits looks at what ...
The investment projections of some fund managers lack basic ingredients, writes DOMINIC McCORMICK....
The Count Financial dealer group has added a series of three multi-manager portfolios to the list of recommended investment funds for its network of financial advisers....
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and IWL have joined forces to provide a straight through processing service for the unlisted managed fund and superannuation industrie...
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...