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Financial planning

Fund managers worried that consumer pressure will force a squeeze on margins can breath a sigh of relief over a survey commissioned by the Investment and Financial Servic...

Financial planning

Mohl steps up lobbying efforts

Andrew Mohl has added his voice to the chorus of fund managers calling on the government to allow equity and property investments to form part of lifetime annuity product...

Financial planning

BT's campaign to win back advisers

BT Funds Management has begun a concerted campaign to win-back adviser confidence in its investment skills, says chief investment officer Gary Symons....

Financial planning

Listening through the disclosure noise

The growth of investing globally is being accompanied by an increase in information, much of it overwhelming, which is the result of more stringent disclosure. According ...

Editorial

Old markets still place to be found

Despite the best efforts to create an international investment hub in Australia, the local industry is still tied to what happens in the traditional markets of Europe and...

Financial planning

Changing of the guard in the back office

Two years ago, the funds management back office outsourcing market was dominated by BT Portfolio Services and Perpetual Fund Services. Perpetual’s move to sell off its ou...

Financial planning

Fee rebates part of transparent process

Sealcorp will begin to rebate fees to clients who have investments placed through the Asgard master trust according to Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox....

Financial planning

Is ethical investing the next wave?

The explosion of ethical funds has come at a time of increasing interest and the search for new sectors in which to invest. Mark Watmore examines the growth of this marke...

Funds management

Hedge funds wait for investors

Despite a flurry of activity hedge funds appear to have gone off the boil. John Wilkinson takes a look at what slowed down this sector and when it will rebound....

Editorial

Do fund managers justify their fees?

Asset consultants, research houses and financial planners sometimes argue that fund managers rarely outperform their benchmark index. The question is then asked why we pa...

Financial planning

Industry divided on commissioner

Fund managers are divided over whether they should help the Government fund the Office of the Retirement Commissioner....

Funds management

Are fund managers growing tired of greedy advisers

Since the earliest days of the financial planning industry, fund managers have treated financial planners to all manners of luxury. ...

Financial planning

Stock selection rules the roost

In the year of the tech-wreck in global equity markets, declining interest rates and a slowing global economy, those fund managers who stuck to investment fundamentals ha...

Financial planning

Picking technology crash pays dividends

Selling short has been the key to Platinum Asset Management’s winning performance in 2000, says investor services manager Liz Norman....

Editorial

Strength in volatile markets pays dividends

The world over it has been a particularly volatile period in fixed-interest markets. ...