funds management

Funds management

Depth across a number of asset classes and strong stock selection in Australian equities, Australian small caps and fixed income has led to Schroder continuing its winnin...

Funds management

Loyal to the label

Staying true to label is the secret to Certitude’s success in the Alternative Investments category in the Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year awards....

Funds management

Quality is the best policy

Hyperion can thank the high quality stocks in its Small Growth Companies fund for winning it the Australian equities small cap category in the 2013 Money Management/Lonse...

Funds management

Global collaboration means best-of-breed

Benchmark-unaware with low portfolio turnover, the MFS Concentrated Global Equity Trust (Wholesale) has been named Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year in the...

Funds management

Responsible investor wins consistent alpha

The Lonsec/Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Award for responsible investment has gone to Perpetual’s Wholesale Ethical SRI Fund. ...

Funds management

Aberdeen scores a hat-trick

An actively-managed approach to portfolio allocation has yet again seen Aberdeen Asset Management’s Emerging Opportunities Fund take out the top spot in the global equiti...

Funds management

Fixed interest managers looking for new return opportunities

Fixed interest managers have generally had a positive 12 months with many now shifting their focus to credit duration and away from interest duration according to Zenith ...

Editorial

Commbank’s strong March quarter

The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed the strong start it has made to 2013, with a March quarter trading update revealing a statutory net profit of $1.9 billion and wealth ...

Superannuation

APRA deputy chair warned on conflict

Federal Opposition warns APRA over involvement of serving senior members of its executive on Shorten super committee....

Financial planning

Investors need to wise-up, says Medcraft

If an investor does not understand a product they should not buy it, even if their financial planner recommends it, according to ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft. ...

Superannuation

SMSF sector may be hitting a peak

The self-managed superannuation fund sector has entered a net drawdown phase, with benefit payments to exceed contributions by $20 billion by December 2015, according to ...